Flag for Queertopia: Tendrils
hand-stitched leftover fabrics in violet, black & gold, 2021, H 145 cm x W 92 cm
Designed and stitched in response to FLAGS FOR QUEERTOPIAS, a group show asking participants to consider queer joy and create a flag for their imagined queer utopia. Shown at The Margate School for the Margate Pride Art Trail 2021, with an accompanying spoken text piece.
Lounge-Piece
Lounge-Piece - Stuffed and weighted grey marling with violet fringing and ombre stickers on white clothing rail, 2018, W98cm x H160cm/248cm x D60cm
Exhibited with Festenforfagfolx (Universal Ornament 1) as part of ‘Queer Art(ists) Now’ 2018.
Colour, forms and motifs call back and forth between the two works. Queerly hued and precariously placed, the works are assembled as both protective screening and a welcome in; pinked, fringed and shimmering, soft materials are stuffed to provide comfort and starched in readiness for celebration.
Festenforfagfolx (Universal Ornament 1)
Exhibited with Lounge-Piece as part of ‘Queer Art(ists) Now’ 2018.
Festenforfagfolx (Universal Ornament 1) - Pinked, starched and threaded violet poly cotton with ombrestickers, on white curtain rails, 2018, 6-7 metres approx / install dimensions
variable. Exhibited with Lounge-Piece as part of ‘Queer Art(ists) Now’ 2018.
Domestic Arrangement
Domestic Arrangement (celebration) - pinked, starched & threaded violet fabric, shredded tissue paper and sticker on kitchen worktop, 2018
Domestic Arrangement (I found heaven as sung by Take That) - Violet wool and purple hessian hand-made rug with purple sticker of an ancient model of home, on shelf, 2019
Thinking about home - the comfort of staying, the celebration of return, connecting the contemporary queer domestic with ancient representation, through precarity and the need for representation.
Same, same but different, different, so let’s move in together – Brugge / London )
Same, same but different, different, so let’s move in together – Brugge / London – metallic lavender PVC, wadding and extruded clay on white Habitat chair with vinyl cut-out / metallic lavender PVC, stuffing and extruded clay on ‘marmi’ self-adhesive film, packing tape and card with vinyl cut-out, 2017
Shown at ‘Graffiti Check’, group show at Sassoon Gallery, Folkestone in January 2017 and at ‘Queer Art(ists) Now’ group show at Archive Gallery, Haggerston, London, 12th -15th October, 2017, part of ‘And What? Queer. Arts. Festival.’ 2017
“Arranged in conversation with itself, the work is about queer cohabitation; the discussion, decision and continual renegotiation of the desire to live together. The materials used in the work combine objects and motifs that reference both the memories of time spent away together, along with hopeful future furnishing decisions.”
Ombre Furlumpen
Ombre Furlumpen – extruded clay threaded with stuffed grey marl on lavender dipped dye cotton, 2017
“inclined a little more towards violet”
Created and installed for the occasion of ‘Deep Trash: Royal Trash’ , Saturday 29th April 2017, Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club.
“inclined a little more towards violet” – cellophane, paper, clingfilm, tape, spray paint glitter and light in violet in toilet cubicle, 2017 – photo credit: Jenny Bell
“deeds not words”, passing some underneath. Enthroned on a warm seat and crowned with all the violet tiaras. “The difficulties are great. Our points of view, our tastes are so different.”
“uff”
(courtesy flush – for dignity)
Lavender Lady Contagion (clean & safe)
Lavender Lady Contagion (clean & safe) – lavender felt bobbles, image of topless model in bluebell field from Hungarian newspaper, cling film, sink, smoke and bubbles in Victorian Gentlemen’s toilet, Kennington, London, 2015