Writer in Residence at Wallace Stegner House, Aug-Sept 2024
I am currently on a month-long residency at Wallace Stegner House in Eastend, Saskatchewan. I am here to trace my grandfather’s 5 year sojourn in Western Canada. He arrived in Eastend, age 26 in Sept 1922 intending to begin a new life farming on the Canadian prairies.
Sky Sample (Homage to Yoko Ono)
I am exhibiting a new wall-based video installation in the Woolwich Open, Thames-Side Studios, June 15th-23rd.
Writer- in-Residence, Wallace Stegner House, August 2024
During August 2024 I will be writer-in-residence at the Wallace Stegner House in Eastend, Saskatchewan, researching the locations and background for a semi-fictionalised account of the six years my grandfather spent in Western Canada during the early 1920’s, which began in Eastend. Wallace Stegner (February 18, 1909 – April 13, 1993) was an American novelist, […]
Audio Interview: Desert Equinox, Broken Hill, NSW
Link to an audio recording of an interview by Peter Woodford Smith about my solar-powered site-specific outdoor installation for “Desert Equinox” in Broken Hill, NSW, Australia, October 2022.
Desert Equinox, Broken Hill, Australia.
I will be presenting a new solar-powered, site-specific installation in “Desert Equinox”, Sept 30th-Oct 2nd, 2022. For further info, see: https://www.desertequinox.com.au
Meta-Landscapes: Representations and Perceptions.
An exhibition of moving image works by twelve renowned international artists. Valletta Contemporary, Malta. April 28th-June 25th, 2022. Curated by Chris Meigh-Andrews. This exhibition is centred on the theme of landscape, presenting work by artists who have pioneered the electronic moving image as an art form. The intention is to present a diverse range of […]
“Impossible Object Number 8 (Solar Powered Bicycle Helmet)”
The newest addition to my ongoing “Impossible Objects” series. Look Cool and Save the Planet!
Recently completed work
This recently completed sculptural sound piece is entitled “The Sound of One Wheel Spinning (After Duchamp)”. Over the past year I have been developing ideas for new works which are more purely sculptural, although still constructed from familiar domestic objects. This work makes a clear and direct reference to Marcel Duchamp’s famous Bicycle Wheel “readymade”, […]
Crowd funding for new installation project
Climbing Mt. Ishizuchi, a Sacred Mountain and the highest peak in Western Japan I am currently developing a new installation project which will involve making a high-definition panoramic video recording of my ascent to the shrine at the top of Mt Ishizuchi, one of Japan’s Seven Holy Mountains. It will take approximately 3-4 hours to […]
Current Project: “Impossible Object No. 4 (Flying Lampadario)”
My most recent installation/sculpture is now completed. Here are some test images taken today in the Benham Project Space.