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The Felling
The Felling explores deep time, pollution and the way plants work together to undo the toxic residue of industrialisation. This is investigated through one plot of land in Felling Gateshead…
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Fasciation
Fasciation is a glitch in the real. It is a mutation in plants that causes a repetition of cells leaving a branch to appear stretched much like corrupted files. Willow…
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Rhizosphere
I have been exploring deep inside roots found entangled in the postindustrial waste ground in Felling Gateshead. I took the tangled roots to the ASCUS lab in Edinburgh. I chemically…
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Swans Lakeless
SWANS LAKELESS is an intermedia composition woven from lived experience, myth, and narrative poetry. The collaborative work addresses the intersections of gender identity from a disability justice lens on police…
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Transpire/Respire
Middlesbrough Train Station 2019 An air purifying intervention filled with plants that clean the toxins from the air. Each plant was chosen for the toxins it removed; the Mother-in-Law Tongues…
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Unearthing
An immersive installation exploring toxicity, liminality and displacement as held in our built and unbuilding environment. THE EXHIBITION: NewBridge project February 2019 The exhibition included INTRUSIVE WORKS – discussed below…
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Unearthing/ Remediation
Light, Plants and Breath In the process of creating work and filming the aspects of Unearthing, I was confronted with numerous real and perceived toxins. As the archeologist dug down…
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Simulacrum
Simulacrum, an installation in the wilds of Northumberland, was built of over 8,000 obsolete books. The structure echoed the precision and geometry of the Roman defensive structures found along Hadrian’s…
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Working the Stasis
Working the Stasis, created in partnership with English Heritage, explores the conservation and maintenance of Hadrian’s Wall and its surrounding sites and collected artefacts. The ruins of Hadrian’s Wall stretch…