This is Tomorrow

The title was inspired by the Whitechapel Gallery exhibition, London 1956 and rooted in George Orwell's literature. The theme is an ongoing project.

2024  Taste of Art in the Barn - Chartham Vineyard, Canterbury
          The Gathering - Throwley Church, Faversham
          Imaginarium - Rua Pelotas, Sao Paulo, Brazil

A Sea Change
2022 Reflexo - Echo's Studio, Sao Paulo, Brazil
A Sea Change, St Mary's, Sellindge

Like waves ebbing and flowing the two-way mirror ripples in the breeze, like a boat upon the sea. Gentle and yet just as unpredictably the rolling surface can erupt with violence crashing and tossing those upon a vulnerable vessels like in The Odyssey as human life is trafficked across water frontiers. All too frequently this is observed by those living near Romney Marsh.

Mirror, Mirror

There are multiple perspectives to consider in any situation. Using two-way translucent mirror film, designed to protect glass buildings from external elements, the film is arranged as full-length blinds, extending from ceiling to floor. When placed close together and reflecting off each other, the blinds blur the line between perception and deception. This arrangement questions who is observing or protecting whom, and from what. It challenges the notions of who is inside and who is outside, and which perspective holds true.

2019 Actants - Beaney Museum, Canterbury
2017 Inverse Refection, The Arts Forum, Hastings
In the Dock, University of Kent, Old Chatham Dockyard

Bank Street, Canary Wharf, London

This residency, facilitated by Andrea Coltman aimed to highlight the historical trade activities of Canary Wharf, which are in danger of being drowned out by all the redevelopment. Like other European powers during the 17th and 18th centuries, ships departed with trinkets to trade for African slaves, who were then exchanged for sugar and spices in the Caribbean before returning. Merchants grew rich quickly, exploiting both dockers and slaves. Many dockers drowned, their bodies recovered weeks later. The rise of trade unions in the 1900s improved conditions for dockers, but the descendants of African slaves remain largely unacknowledged.

Today, Canary Wharf, London's second financial district, continues to ignore its exploitative past. Modern corporate trade still exploits underdeveloped countries by demanding natural resources as collateral when debts default, mirroring past injustices and compounded by the vast amount of plastic waste being dumped on them.

2022 We Are Here - Cambridge Artworks, Cambridge
2017 This is Tomorrow - University of Kent, Tonbridge
In the Dock - Old Naval Dockyard, Chatham
This is Tomorrow - Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sevenoaks
2016 Bank Side Residency, Canary Wharf, London