Notorious D.I.G

Works exhibited as part of our Second Year SPI show at COFA, Notorious D.I.G. Managed to cram a multitude of quality works by our class into a very small space. Performed my new work, Housebound, on opening night, and managed to only spill one beer on the white robes used in the performance. Success all round. 

Imaginary Cities NYC

Photos taken in New York City as part of my Imaginary Cities project. Braved intense humidity and heatwave conditions in the Big Apple, donning the PVC coated suit and taking snapshots of myself infiltrating numerous NYC landmarks and tourist spots. Thankfully, New Yorkers paid little heed to my bizarre travel suit shufflings. Only one woman queried my actions and gave me her and God's blessing.

Photos by Joe Van.

     

What followed suit

Well Suited

Imaginary Cities

'The city they speak of has much of what is needed to exist, whereas the city that exists on its site, exists less.' 
Invisible Cities, Italo Calvino

Imaginary Cities is a sculpture/sound piece exploring the concept of real versus imagined cities, specifically in relation to New York City.

The project focuses on the myths and fantasies that characterise the Big Apple and the construction of these hyper realities through pop culture, travel guides and literature.

The project involves creating an anti-contamination travel suit using woven fragments of Lonely Planet Guides, novels by New York writers such as Tom Wolfe and Brett Easton Ellis, and National Geographic articles about the city. The project also includes a soundscape inspired by the New York of popular culture, and created using samples from films and songs that have the Big Apple as their focus and have shaped my idea/expectations of the city.

For the second part of the project I will take the suit and soundscape to New York City and will document my interaction with the city from within the protective shield provided by the travel suit/sound piece.