Wednesday 1 October 2008

Camera Person - Bigman filming-Oct 08



Camera person for a documentary for Impact Arts, Glasgow. The documentary charts the initial stages towards re-development on the Forth and Clyde Canal. Below are pictures of interviews at an awareness raising event for the developments at Speirs Loch, Maryhill. I also filmed workshops at schools in which pupils learnt about the changes in their area and public art.

Sunday 15 June 2008

Artist in Residence - Tou Scene Summer 2008




I was commissioned to work within the TouWorks project as part of Stavanger City of Culture 2008. The work was to respond to a street which was locally stigmatised and referred to as 'the road to hell.' A 10 day residency resulted in me working closely with 4 women whom I met organically during my stay. I devised 2 performative actions which responded to the time spent with the local woman and also to a series of sexual assaults which occurred during my stay. Drawing on my training as a former life guard, I spent 1 day 'guarding the street' and the evening floating in the nearby outdoor pool. Therefore I was both the saver and the saved.