Dress ups rock! Mannequins are like toys for adults- licence to trip into another dimension without complicating human personalities bringing in their own reality. This reminds me of my tea parties as a 3 or 4 year old when i would move all my toys around their cot, taking turns to sit on the lap of Sascha the big soft bear and changing outfits from hand-me-downs, second-hand retro and ladies craft stall crochet magic when they felt like it. I love that the nature of this was purely self-centred in the way of little kids- not performative, although in a way i guess it was- i would keep playing for hours until everyone was feeling and looking good in the cot. It was a work in progress for a few years!
1975 Wagga Wagga 'Place of many crows' NSW Australia
The past year I have been travelling and making art as I go, in Montreal, Paris, Glasgow and now living and working in Berlin.
I love drawing, animation, film and making sculptures using recycled materials. I have a tendency to decontruct tshirts and other wearable's to create new wearable's and art.
My work tends to be comical exploring environmental concerns. I commonly use text and love playing with words and creating characters and imaginary landscapes.
I am interested in miscommunications, translation software, translations that don't quite make sense, linguistics, pragmatics...getting the point across with utterances, gestures, pre-standardised {question mark} English when words were written phonetically I will continue to bring these interests into future projects in 2009.
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Dress ups rock!
Mannequins are like toys for adults- licence to trip into another dimension without complicating human personalities bringing in their own reality.
This reminds me of my tea parties as a 3 or 4 year old when i would move all my toys around their cot, taking turns to sit on the lap of Sascha the big soft bear and changing outfits from hand-me-downs, second-hand retro and ladies craft stall crochet magic when they felt like it.
I love that the nature of this was purely self-centred in the way of little kids- not performative, although in a way i guess it was- i would keep playing for hours until everyone was feeling and looking good in the cot. It was a work in progress for a few years!
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