Visual Artist

Using utensils found in the kitchen I travel to a different space banishing the locked in feeling we are enduring whilst living through lockdown

Water Torture is a visceral and darkly humorous video work that reimagines the act of food preparation as a form of ritualized torture. Ingredients—stand-ins for bodies—are subjected to grating, slicing, pressing, and chopping in a series of methodical, almost aggressive actions. The title evokes both the sensory intensity of the kitchen and the psychological undertones of control, submission, and endurance. By blurring the line between nourishment and violence, the work questions the power dynamics embedded in domestic labor and our relationship with consumption.

A stainless steel box grater slowly rotates in the darkness of space, its surface catching light from a distant star as it drifts among stars and galaxies — a surreal, cosmic kitchen moment.

Garlic Press and Garlic Bulb reflections from grater entwined in dance

During lockdown I look at my home environment in a different way. Objects once overlooked take on new importance and imagery. I have taken inspiration from Bernd Steigler's essay a History of Armchair travel. My video is set in the kitchen this is both the beating heart of the home, and a dangerous space. Sharp knives and boiling substances cause cuts, scolds and burns, the 'little injuries' and big injuries that scar us. I have used everyday objects along with boring, monotonous, undervalued household tasks to explore an imagined space.

It takes the same skill to ice a cake as to weld metal! #cake #icing #welding #blowtorch #sameskill