Artist & Video Maker based in Liverpool
Excited to say that I’ve won first place in the LCR Photo Awards 2023. I submitted 5 photographs around the theme of coastal communities and the climate crisis and 3 of them have been chosen for exhibition which opens tomorrow and runs until 23rd April. There were 1900 entries, so I’m pretty chuffed to have won the analogue category.
More information ban be found on the Open Eye’s website here.CR23
A film collaboration with Lou Chapelle. Through a series of creative workshops,local creative practitioners and young people who live and study in Halton created costumes, dance, poetry, and sound. Together they re-imagined the Bleach Packers, iconic workers from the borough’s past, by creating a holographic video. The resulting artwork enacts a surreal Bleach Packer’s dream, in which he finds himself transformed, torn between chemical and nature. The work was displayed in different public settings around the borough.
Over the last couple years I have been getting back in analogue photography. I’d forgotten how much the limitation on the number of shots and the development process itself really makes you think about the image you are taking before taking the photograph itself. I’ve also found the camera itself (I’ve been using a Widelux) promotes a dialogue with the general public – one that wouldn’t happen say if I was just using my phone.
I also think that film itself has a certain delicate softer feel than this often harsher 4K world. I suppose I could achieve a similar feel with a certain amount of digital processing, but I like the element of surprise and potential for unexpected flaws that can add to the feel of an image. Similar to the way in which a record can pick up flaws and scratches that become unique to the listening experience.
I’ve been experimenting with different types of printing, mostly Cyanotype as it has proved to be the most practical at homeland I love the scratches and defects that can added (intentionally or not) to the process. I also love the way you can print on all sorts of found materials and objects which can create a whole new meaning to the work. I’m interested in exploring these ideas further, hopefully on a larger scale.
Rehearsed over Zoom and filmed on Saturday 5th December 2020 in one day around central Liverpool locations. A collaboration with Movema and Unlock The Box.
I made this trailer in a day recently working with Rainbow Noir running around the city to celebrate the launch of Homotopia Festival 2020.
The annual across the mersey swim took place yesterday. There’s only a 45 minute window to get over before the tide changes so it’s an amazing achievement for all those that completed it.
We filmed it last year from different perspectives start to finish. I might attempt it one day myself.
Over Lockdown I was lucky enough to work with TransCreative Arts Festival to launch the 4th Trans Vegas 2020 as a digital event. I worked with an amazing team of people online, editing interviews and creating short trailers.
It was great to work with Alex Hewitt again who did an amazing job supporting all the artists with essential equipment.
It was a real achievement for TransCreative to have put this together in such a short period of time and with limited resources. You can catch the festival online from this link.
A new body go work by U.S born artist Alexis Teplin premiered at the Bluecoat in Liverpool in October 2019 in her first major UK exhibition.
I worked with Alexis to create the film ‘The Workers’ which was exhibited as part of the exhibition. Alexis wanted to document the creation of a large wall mural, treating the workers as performing artists and we achieved this over two days using clean jump cuts to show the passage of time.
I filmed this Winter Solstice event on 21st December last year in Formby, working again with Artist Laurence Payot. A strange but rather beautiful way to end the shortest day.
A short film I made about Corali and Thick & Tight: reflections on collaboration, queer culture and equality.