Collaborator
Collaboration has been a part of my practice from the outset…
First through the framework of relational aesthetics. Then, via interactive installations that presented a stage for others to tell their stories upon. Later my practice expanded to include working with community to help individuals tell their stories, including people who may not otherwise be able to do so. These engagements merged at times with my teaching practice incorporating approaches to narrative constructivism and andragogy (as opposed to pedagogy). My own experiments also led me to work with transdisciplinary researchers interested in feminist approaches to data collection/creation and the potential of creative methods in these contexts. The longer I have worked with ideas of collaboration and co-design, the more nuanced I have recognised these engagements to be. My doctoral research at the University for the Creative Arts (UCA) is about delving even deeper still, into ethical approaches to authorship, agency and attribution that have equality and diversity at their core. This page explores my experiments with collaboration over time, some of the wonderful people who have kindly worked with me along the way, and the interdisciplinary journey that has accompanied the cerebral one explained in brief above.
The Printed Stage (2020 on)
Printable props, costumes and scenery that individuals, community groups and organisations can use to create their own stories.
The Silent Crisis: Stem Cell Donation Short Fall
A transdisciplinary research project with Dr Jill Shepherd, Professor Joy Zhang and Dr Rebecca Cassidy using creative methods to address the ‘silent crisis’ in stem cell donation within black communities in the UK.
AI Parliamentarian Portraits (2024)
Responding to the sexist Channel 9 (Australia) of MP Georgie Purcell this is a portraiture collaboration with AI portraying male MPs in the Australian cabinet as women.
Go Slow (2022)
A co-designed project with young people in Whitstable addressing traffic congestion.
The People’s Flower Project (2022)
A community outreach oriented public artwork designed to embrace diverse perspectives about the Queen’s Jubilee.
Messages of Hope, Messages of Love (2020)
Imagery for Michaela Gleave’s major public artwork at the Art Gallery of NSW, Australia.
Star Bright (2019)
A public artwork for Brisbane City Council and a message home.
Mapping the Antipodes (2016 to 2017)
A commission for the Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital Neurology ward in Brisbane (Australia) developed in dialogue with staff and patients.
Land Down Under #7 (2016)
An interactive commission for a young people at Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre, Sydney (Australia).
Oz Clouds (2016)
A public art commission for a controversial Australian national holiday designed to acknowledge and support simultaneous and multiple perspectives on national identity.
Éden (2016)
Costume and prop design for a theatre performance directed by Genevieve Butler and performed at Wattspace Gallery by Matthew L Heys, Alex Murray and Emily Pierce.
Sandcastle Competition (2015)
An interactive public artwork developed for the people of Wynnum through community consultation and a public competition.
The Wonderful Land of Oz (2012 t0 2015)
A series of photographs exploring Australian identity developed with a group of fantastic performers and friends.
A trip to Oz (2014)
A short film exploring the colonial history of Australia and my family heritage. The film features an original score by Jan Fadness, and stars Matthew Eden.
Swan Song #7 (2014)
An interactive installation commissioned for the Museum of Brisbane (Australia) developed in response to David Malouf’s Novella Fly Away Peter.
Fringe Dwellers (2013)
Collaborative photograph developed on residency at Nillumbik (Australia).
Neptune’s Estrangement (2013)
An interactive installation inviting participants to reconstruct the story of Medusa. Developed in collaboration with Inhouse ARI.
Ovid’s Medusa (2013)
A photographic project reconstructing the story of Medusa with reference to Australian migration policies.
Ovid’s Medusa Group Shots (2013)
Photographs about collaboration focusing on the team of wonderful people who helped me make Ovid’s Medusa and the experience of working together.
Insatiable Progress (2013)
An interactive photo board for a party at the Museum of Contemporary Art (Australia) about the conspiracy theories surrounding the moon landing.
Ken Done it! (2013)
An installation and performance exploring the relationship between Australian white settler identity and country.
After Arthur (2013)
A series of photographs responding to the work of famous Australian artist Arthur Boyd on his property at Bundanon, near where I grew up.
A Perfect Day (2012)
A pen pal exchange recorded in images between myself in Brisbane and Stephanie Hicks in Melbourne.
Last in Worst Dressed (2012)
A series of photographs exploring the relationship between narrative and identity.
Creative Non Fiction Magazine (2012)
Illustrations for the Australian Issue of Creative Non Fiction Magazine.
Breath of Life (2010)
A series of photographs about representing identity using interdisciplinary practice.
Hunter to Hunted (2008)
A series of photographs about gendered violence.
Constable is Cool (2006)
An interactive installation in an Australian ARI expanding and interpreting an image by English painter John Constable.
Youse have voted for a world of pain (2005)
An installation exploring the relationship between the individual and the state inspired by street graffiti following the 2004 Australian federal election.
Do you fear what I fear? (2005)
My first ever solo show, which explored the relationship between ‘woods’ in narratives as locations of gendered violence and places of fear for girls and women.