The Ballet of Lost Nicknames In this artwork I have created hundreds of tiny figures each dressed up as their ‘nicknames’ and travelling out to sea on a top hat boat. The hat was inspired by tales of shipwrecked contraband regularly being washed up along the Portland...
Red Ghost ‘The only disgrace in Portland was having no child.’ I created a sensor reactive suspended ‘ghost’ in the trees near Church Ope cove. It was triggered by human presence and subsequently lit up momentarily in the treetops. This artwork is inspired by the...
Notter’s Travelling Charm Shop This pop-up shop in Fortuneswell takes a look at some of the beliefs and practices still in existence on Portland at the beginning of the 19th Century. A time when witchcraft, superstition, weather- lore and folk-lore still existed...
Whispering Tree For this artwork I created a sensor reactive tree that whispered a diary extract when it became triggered by human presence. It was sited in a small sheltered clearing overlooking Church Ope Cove and the volume was such that the listeners were inclined...
Marrying The Land For this piece I installed a replica post box along a wild coastal stretch at East Weares. The box houses a small diorama depicting two figures dressed as land and marrying one another. It also plays an interactive soundtrack of an Elvis love song,...
