I’ve started a residency at FAC. Was in studio 1 for a bit but I got bumped down to studio 2, which is actually good because there’s a secret door in the floor that opens on an underground swimming pool. I’ve not had a proper studio since February so it’s really great to have a space in which to make work. So I did, make some work that is.
I was asked to make a work for Interview, a group show curated by Carla Adams at Nyistor Gallery. We were told to produce an expanded self-portrait, in any medium. I found some asphalt and draped some fake banana skins on them. Life is like a banana peel; it's slippery, melts away before your eyes and is often wasted.
My show at Firstdraft in Sydney is coming up pretty soon. I’ve made a two-channel video work called The struggle is real which I filmed where I grew up in Lancashire with the help of my partner Betty and my brother Randolph. I’m making some paintings on asphalt and an expanded asphalt drawing on wallpaper as well and plan on hosting a participatory performance on opening night.
Keeping on.