Live
art is central to my fine art practice. My work mixes a variety of
medias, often involving
sound and
video projection and the creation of live environments. The real-time
experience and inherent ephemerality are significant factors informing
my choice of live art as key medium within my practice. This is largely
a politicised choice. Within my work I am aware of the effects of the
recordable technologies on live experience and I consciously comment
on the links and contradictions between liveness and mediatization. My work is strongly based within a socio-political context and investigates the extent to which social ideologies regulate individual identity and construct gender. I use my physical body as a communicative force; I use it to express the key issues relating to my practice. Hence the materiality of the body is highly relevant in my practice and I see my body within the work as being similar to a tool with which I positively violate the preconceived systems, borders and rules that impinge on individual identity. My work acknowledges the power of actual bodily presence and utilizes abject biological functions to subvert gendered ideologies. Integral to my practice is my resolve to make work that is open to interpretation, work that raises questions rather than dominating with conclusive answers or opinions. |