Bollards I, 2016 Four cardboard bollards were placed on a road at 4am for 30 minutes. 1 early morning delivery driver reversed back down the road. Previous Project Next Project

Testing Situations (Artworks) 2016 - Present Back

About Blog Events Team Partners Protocal Minutes Search Results More Ethical questions for artistic engagement and research with people living with dementia How is consent gained (& ongoing consent)? Does consideration of capacity and consent exclude people from participation? Does the project encompass differences in emotional range (not one size to fit all)? What is the comparative value to the participant to the practitioner? What happens (to the project, people, work, data etc) after the activities end? Process vs product (for whose benefit)? How do audiences change as the project progresses? Is it problematic for ‘dementia’ to act as an inspiration for artistic work / research? To what extent does the project interact with the person vs the illness? What considerations are there in place in terms of carer involvement? Does the extent of engagement offered suit the form and aims of the project? Are the activities culturally and socially inclusive? If work is by nature exploratory, how is this (uncertainty) communicated? How can the value of uncertainty in the process be aligned with clear, structured pre-emptive protocols? What is the justification for appropriation (in art and research)? Is criticality of the methods used embedded in the project and are there ways to adapt and change? Can the benefits of criticality outweigh the benefits of positive engagement? What is meant by positive engagement? i.e. what sort of experiences are to be encouraged?

Study Projects (Painting) 2013-15 Installed at UCL Dementia Research Centre, London Back

Previous Project Next Project

OD Home . Drawings . Paintings . Digital . Prototypes

Testing Situations About Blog Events Team Partners Protocal Minutes Search Results More

Produce The garden is perfect for growing, fermenting and permaculture. There are some raised beds, an abundance of apples and a lot of potential for more. Over the past three years we've been working on a community apple project to make craft apple juice, cider and hosting an annual wassail event. Home House & Garden Studio Space Produce Skills & Activities Let’s Work Together Get in touch so we can start working together.

The Swynnerton Plan, 2015-present This project has included preliminary attempts at paintings based on redacted documents, growing tea and coffee plants from seeds and public distribution of printed information. The Swynnerton Plan of 1954 refers to British colonial agricultural policy in Kenya implemented during the Mau Mau Uprising. The plan aimed to intensify agricultural production through cash crops such as tea and coffee; removing indigenous populations from ancestral lands, redistributing property and displacing hundreds of families. This period of colonialism includes some of the worst atrocities and human rights abuses committed by the British Empire and thousands of documents from this time have been destroyed, hidden or redacted so the truth of these actions (among many others) are still not widely known, acknowledged or included in education about British history. Further links below: Long Read SMALLHOLDER AGRICULTURE IN COLONIAL KENYA: THE OFFICIAL MIND AND THE SWYNNERTON PLAN (Anne Thurston) Plantation Struggles in Kenya: Trade Unionism on the Land 1947-63 (David Nicholas Hyde - doctoral thesis) Peasant Response to Agricultural Innovations : Land Consolidation, Agrarian Diversification and Technical Change. The Case of Bungoma District in Western Kenya, 1954-1960. (UCLA International Studies) Short Read The Sywnnerton Plan (Wikipedia) Mau Mau Uprising (Wikipedia) Kenya Colony (Wikipedia) East Africa Protectorate (Wikipedia) Analysis of Western European colonialism and colonization (Wikipedia) Mau Mau case: UK government accepts abuse took place (BBC) Mau Mau case: UK government cannot be held liable (BBC) British Mau Mau abuse papers revealed (BBC) Kenyan Mau Mau uprising documents released (BBC) Britain destroyed records of colonial crimes (Guardian) Put our colonial history on the curriculum – then we’ll understand who we really are (Guardian) Should the history of the British Empire be taught in schools? (BBC) Ethics and empire: an open letter from Oxford scholars (The Conversation) Why we’re fighting to get colonialism taught in British schools (Dazed) Fill In The Blanks (Twitter) Previous Project Painting Homepage

Assorted Paintings 2012-present Mixed works, various sources Back to paintings homepage Next Project