Artist Statement

The work in my practice holds political connotations and social statements, this is the aim is to create politically informative pieces.


The main body of my practice is trying to find subtle ways to depict the political agendas and reactions to situations in the political sphere; an example of this is the Alternative Art College that is a website based piece of work but also works as an actual college. The art is the documentation, the protest is the action.


Work such as Con-Dem Classroom (2010), which is about the coalitions cuts to school refurbishments, this informs the viewer of a situation that is present and attempts to be a catalyst for a reaction.


Theorists such Jacques Ranciere, Pierre Bourdieu, Walter Benjamin and Max Weber have influenced the theory behind the work that has and will continue to be created. Pierre Bourdieu suggests that the individual is located in the social space is defined not by class but by the amount of capital they have financially and culturally. Bourdieu’s discussion on this topic is key to how I try and break down those barriers within my work.


Han Haacke is an artist who has influenced my work to take on political connotations. His work has made me realise that to create a piece of art that has a politically charged reference you need to take in to account three things, site specifics, aesthetic value and ephemeral practice. This is to insure it is in the right place, in the perfect form and how to judge how long you have with that piece before it becomes obsolete.