Breath 
Single Channel HD Video, Colour, Sound, 14 min : 01 sec
Variable Installation


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Hold 
Single Channel HD Video, Colour, Sound, 2 min : 54 sec
Variable Installation



Timeless 
Digital Print on Duratrans Mounted on a Light Box
30.7 x 46.1 cm



Liminal Space I   
Giclée Print on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Paper Mounted on 3 mm Foamex
56 x 84 cm



Liminal Space II  
Giclée Print on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Paper Mounted on 3 mm Foamex
56 x 84 cm



Liminal Space III  
Giclée Print on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Paper Mounted on 3 mm Foamex
31.1 x 47.1 cm


The Liminal Space is a mixed-media installation I created for my MA Fine Art Degree Show. The work presents the bodily engagement with an idea in which I investigate the act of holding one’s breath underwater. For me this represents a liminal state between life and death. For this project, I trained for over three months and undertook free-diving courses in order to fully explore the potential limits of breathing, an activity which we take for granted and where thought does not usually play a part. I understand this performance as a personal rite of passage and the curation of the installation drew symbolically on the rite’s three phases: Separation, Liminality and Incorporation.

Installation shots



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