Occupation: Artist Birth: 1965
The idea that we can have a new life form, what does it say about the zoo's main purpose, which is to preserve life? What does it say when the artifi….
Skywhale is ambiguous. I think she is beautiful, but a lot of people think she is grotesque. You are drawn in and repelled at the same time, and it h….
My practice is focused on bodies and relationships; the relationships between people and other creatures, between people and our bodies, between crea….
I started thinking of digital imaging, not photography, in 1994 as it seemed the most appropriate way to deal with ideas of biotechnology and adverti….
I have been interested in visual arts since high school and, after realising that I had absolutely no interest in the economics degree I had undertak….
I use whatever media I think will best express my ideas and therefore I don't have a lot invested in the idea of photography specifically. I am more ….
Now that other people have my works, it's really important to me that what they have has longevity..
In the studio we spend a lot of time working our what materials will work best and also last. We do tests and come back to them years later to see ho….
If there are moments in my work when people find joy and humour, that's a real success for me..
For one work we developed a human hair felt, which involved collecting and sorting hundreds of kilos of human hair, and then blending it will a tiny ….
The studio does a lot of testing before we settle on a system. Unfortunately, this means that price tends to come pretty far down the list..
Quality and longevity are the primary criteria, along with repairability and ease of production..
I have a database of all my works that I maintain to keep track of works and editions..
My Father is a photographer, so it was always around. I was trained in painting, so I learnt a lot of skills about composition, light, colour, the fo….