Perform/Solitude

The definition of performance is an ever-evolving concept. Musicians, dancers, and artists are conscientious of what it means to ‘perform’. What does it mean to ‘present’ to an audience and what is the role of the performer/viewer? The definitive yet often intangible overlaps of historical art, music and poetry presents a challenge to synthesise the material into a physical and visual output of communication, which is what I attempt to do here.

My publication gathers key texts that I explored in my research, inviting the reader to find connections between them. The text is accompanied by my photography series in a unique book format I have designed. For the audio-visual work, I played and recorded a piece on piano, and used this in tandem with imagery to communicate my personal experience of 'performance.'

The Cacophony Prevents Us From Singing

This publication was created in response to an ISTD brief about our interpersonal interactions and the importance of communication in our daily lives. The title is a reference to research findings that whale calls are being drowned out by the constant shipping noise in our oceans, preventing them from hearing each other. The Cacophony Prevents Us From Singing explores literary, abstract, and scientific responses to silence and noise, and compares the phenomenon of drowned-out whale calls to the way in which we, as people, are constantly surrounding ourselves with noise as a means of distraction.