The title of this piece comes from a line in John Bunyan’s “Pilgrim’s Progress”, a religious allegory from the 17th century. Christian, the protagonist (and my near namesake) must journey from the City of Destruction to Mount Zion, on the way shedding his heavy burden of sin. (more…)
Following on from my participation in the Here As The Centre Of The World workshop in Diyarbakır in March 2007, I also took part in the final workshop of the project in June of the same year, this time in Enschede. (more…)
“SYB is getting better in Beetsterzwaag”. Kunsthuis SYB is a platform for contemporary art located in the small, sleepy village of Beetsterzwaag in Friesland. Myself and Bani Bannwart established a ficticious development company with big plans for an enormous new art museum in the village. The point was to pose some questions about the public’s automatic acceptance of what is done with their environment, and where this may lead. (more…)
I play here a duet with a fickle partner; three pieces of masking tape which, although instructed which notes they should play by me, nevertheless stop doing so at the time of their choosing. (more…)
In March 2007 I travelled with other students of the Dutch Art Institute and others to Diyarbakır in south-eastern Turkey, to take part in a workshop as part of the Here As The Centre Of The World project. This workshop was intended as an exercise in transnational collaboration, using the streets of the city as the location for artistic research and engagement. (more…)
This video was made in front of a former prison building in Diyarbakir, Turkey whilst visiting that city as part of the Here as the Centre of the World project with the Dutch Art Institute in March 2007. (more…)
Fietscamera – “Bicycle camera” is just that; a journey filmed around the square adjacent to my house on a bicycle. (more…)
