How do you come up with an idea and what is your working method? What are the things which catch your attention?

For the residency, I’m interested in exploring experimental photography, using homemade developer recipes. This includes using simple items like tumeric, cyanotype, peroxide, light filters, transparency film, rubbing alcohol, tea, and coffee to create and develop photographs. I’m more interested in the process and making gallery prints, so I’ll be testing various methods and recipes to see what works best. I’ve never worked with alternative photography before so this is a new experience.

What do you hope to capture and convey in the pieces you create?

It is a playful form of expression and trial and error. I expect to make quite a few mistakes, and have some of my ideas fail, but that is the beauty of it. This is a project full of risks, and hopefully many happy accidents.

How has your work developed since you began and how do you see it evolving in the future? You are experimenting with different media…any favorite?

So far I like using the cyanotypes with 20/80 mixture of hydrogen peroxide and water. The prints develop with a lot of contrast. I am still working on a proper way to evenly develop the prints and dry them as flat as possible.

To what extent does the pandemic influence your depiction of art? Does it generate new inspiration?  

During the lockdowns, artists converted their living spaces to studios. This project is an extension of that, looking at materials within the home to make creative physical prints in a creative way.

How do you feel about being involved in an online residency program? How important is it to stay connected with the international art community?

I love the online residency and hearing about the work of other artists, and what they plan to do. It’s also really nice to hear from people around the world, and to learn about them as they work in their own environment and at-home spaces.

What are your thoughts about the theme ‘artist on standby’? Tell us a bit more about your project…

The theme is related to my work in that while the world was ‘on standby’ we had to try to be self-sufficient – change the way we did art, reconsidered art shows and launches, and how we shared and displayed works. The artist is on standby as well, but there is an opportunity to operate in this state. To experiment, to fail, and to grow and learn from it.

What do you want to achieve before things return to normal if it is to happen? Any future plans/projects?

I’d love to be able to place my future works in galleries. That is something I missed out on during the lockdowns.