Cummin' up My Praxis-Forum presentation is coming up. It's going to be on 8th October. Last time, Andy and Dionysia were the ones who showed us their work alongside a talk by guest artist Karel Doing. I like the difference between meeting people through the ways we normally meet people - being in proximity to each other and making small talk, often about the reason we are in proximity to each other in the first place - and meeting people through the art we make. As we said our goodbyes at the end of session, I realised that I've been with Andy and Dionysia for 4 months now without really … [Read more...] about Cummin’ up
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The usually quiet month August has been an intense period of time, ending a significant body of work and attempting to signpost ideas for future works. The past four years I have been working towards a part time MPhil. One of the qualities expected of practice or project-based research is that the process of investigation is held up and in turn, becomes part-focus for the project – as a reflexive device. This attempts to temper the tendency for art research to produce specific objects of knowledge, valorised and ready for consumption in a knowledge-based economy. There is an uneasy … [Read more...] about
In All Good Faith
My practice explores “legitimate” narratives as social, political and economic mechanisms, such as empathy, labour, property and solidarity. I’m interested in trans-disciplinary and open approaches as a way of researching notions of the public and as a tool to critically confront dominant moral codes. My work often revolves around behavioural or verbal “confessions”. Alongside my hands-on practice, I am a Lecturer in Critical & Cultural Studies at the University of Hertfordshire, Digital Media Arts. I see these two aspects of my work as inseparable, in the sense that they … [Read more...] about In All Good Faith
Praxis
Praxis-Forum is a year-long programme of monthly peer mentoring forums hosted by The Showroom, London. The first session took place on Monday 11 June 2018 from 6:30 to 9:00pm. The project is lead by Jackie and the forum members are: Marie; Alison; Dionysia; Adam; Jessie; Chloe; Sarah; Andrew; Joe; Bijan; Caroline. I am a member of the forum and a full-time stay-at-home-dad to two young daughters, aged two and four. I have lived in London since arriving to study in 2006 and my current practice encompasses drawing, installation, video, sculpture and performance. Performance is … [Read more...] about Praxis
