ARTIST STATEMENT
My arts practice values storytelling, exploring local histories of activism & lived experiences through multidisciplinary methods and collaboration. Projects involve a research approach and involve the public, partnering with other artist disciplines and/or organisations. Dialogue is central to my working process, realised through community engagement, workshops and incidental conversations. This allows me to identify where artistic activity can be beneficial and develop appropriate creative strategies. My work aims to connect storytelling with protected spaces and their communities, creating narratives that resonate locally and beyond.
During 2016-17, I created site-specific installations in response to the social impacts of communities under threat of urban redevelopment. A key achievement was a film SA61Home created with a resident facing housing displacement due to demolition threats, screened at Lift-Off Film Festival, The Cinema Museum, Social Art Network Summit, Film Tottenham. This led to an ongoing exploration of activism in storytelling, such as The Farm: Narratives of Home (2019), a collaboration with spoken word artist Abe Gibson and local residents who contributed narratives. The project culminated in a film (shortlisted for London Shorts Film Festival 2021), soundscape, live projection and performance event on a housing estate.
River of Stories (2022), is a collaboration with Abe Gibson and Alison Archer founder of Pymmes BrookERS a community group which aims to restore the Pymmes and Salmons Brooks in Enfield in order to help tackle London’s climate and nature emergency. It was funded by Enfield Heritage Lottery and involved guided walks with narratives contributed by local residents. Dialogue revolved around the relationship between communities and rivers, resulting in a film archived for Stories of Enfield and two celebratory screening events with Q&A, also to be screened at London Nature Film Festival 2025. These projects reflect my ability to create impactful, collaborative work with communities, and my desire to innovate further.
My arts practice values storytelling, exploring local histories of activism & lived experiences through multidisciplinary methods and collaboration. Projects involve a research approach and involve the public, partnering with other artist disciplines and/or organisations. Dialogue is central to my working process, realised through community engagement, workshops and incidental conversations. This allows me to identify where artistic activity can be beneficial and develop appropriate creative strategies. My work aims to connect storytelling with protected spaces and their communities, creating narratives that resonate locally and beyond.
During 2016-17, I created site-specific installations in response to the social impacts of communities under threat of urban redevelopment. A key achievement was a film SA61Home created with a resident facing housing displacement due to demolition threats, screened at Lift-Off Film Festival, The Cinema Museum, Social Art Network Summit, Film Tottenham. This led to an ongoing exploration of activism in storytelling, such as The Farm: Narratives of Home (2019), a collaboration with spoken word artist Abe Gibson and local residents who contributed narratives. The project culminated in a film (shortlisted for London Shorts Film Festival 2021), soundscape, live projection and performance event on a housing estate.
River of Stories (2022), is a collaboration with Abe Gibson and Alison Archer founder of Pymmes BrookERS a community group which aims to restore the Pymmes and Salmons Brooks in Enfield in order to help tackle London’s climate and nature emergency. It was funded by Enfield Heritage Lottery and involved guided walks with narratives contributed by local residents. Dialogue revolved around the relationship between communities and rivers, resulting in a film archived for Stories of Enfield and two celebratory screening events with Q&A, also to be screened at London Nature Film Festival 2025. These projects reflect my ability to create impactful, collaborative work with communities, and my desire to innovate further.