‘Silks of Bloomsbury’ have been created by residents of Bloomsbury, Holborn and King’s Cross through free workshops as part of the 2023 Bloomsbury Festival. In my workshop we all brought our individual specific ideas and photos to illustrate our local heritage.I brought along images of the gorgeous 200 year old Bloomsbury plane – outside my front …
Usually, hands shape media into a sculpture.But when Blindaid lead, Scott gave me some metal to make a sculpture from, I thought I’d instead use the medium to shape my hand into a sculpture. My examining hands used to be a natural, sensual and automatic part of my life. Now my hands are so much …
Brunswick TRA successfully bid for a fixed Breathe London air quality sensor/monitor in 2022 – its been operational since March 2023. So we couldn’t take part in last year’s Breathe festival, but now we want to Grow our network as part of improving local air quality. We want our sensor to be much more than …
Here are brief details of most of my Covid-era pieces – so far:Starting from the first lockdown, being forcibly separated from my previous ‘normal’ helped (actually forced!) me to work with a range of new-to-me media – including installation, (prize-winning) film, mixed photo-drawing, and weaving. I’ve used these to reflect on my ever-changing lived experience in the …
Location Crossing the line: in more than one way Prime meridian – and longitude clocks More than one nowhere? Ships : slave ships and the West Africa Squadron a. LOCATION b. Whats it like at 00 00? b. CROSSING THE LINE Crossing the equator is marked by sailors with ceremonies to Neptune as detailed here: …
This self-portrait is a patients-eye view of Multimorbidity.It’s a montage of my photos of me plus (some of) my x-rays. With ageing populations worldwide, and the epidemiological transition towards long term conditions, multimorbidity is a huge and increasing problem. Long Covid is adding to this. Although multiple diagnoses have multiplicative rather than simply additive effects, …
I used to walk 10,000 steps a day. Not trying. Just getting on with my London life. If I was actually ‘going out for a walk’, I knew I’d only really properly be ‘warmed up’ after 10 kilometres.And if ever I was at all out of sorts, I always knew that after 10 days walking, I’d be …
I personally know just how dangerous and humiliating illegal abortions were here in the UK.(1) See ‘Needs Must’. Kansans clearly understand that overturning Roe v Wade simply bans safe abortions – rather than stopping the need for abortion.(2) This issue is much more than a chance for celebrities to speak out.(3) Across the UK, women are …
This exhibition shows photos of the moon taken – in all directions – out of my small flat / from my balcony.
My photos are primarily about what I saw FROM my windows. So it seems appropriate to display examples of my ‘moonlets’ IN the windows of of the Dialogue Hub Cafe. Here above are some onsite photos (on a very sunny day so with lots of reflections – apologies!): While I sketched the moon, I saw …