1. The Birds
Since 2021 I have been removing every bird from Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds (1963), frame by frame, through digital painting and sound mixing. With the birds gone, the characters’ fear falls on what remains: their surroundings and each other. Reviewed in Artforum, 2022 (link).
Short compilation of four scenes (7 min):
Entire parts 2 and 3 (43 min):
The Birds, 2021–ongoing
Digital video and sound, 2 hours
Installation view, Brunette Coleman, Fitzrovia Chapel, London, 2023
The Birds, 2021–ongoing
Digital video and sound, 2 hours
Installation view, Brunette Coleman, Fitzrovia Chapel, London, 2023
The Birds, 2021–ongoing
Digital video and sound, 2 hours
Installation view, Trafalgar Avenue, London, 2022
The Birds, 2021–ongoing
Digital video and sound, 2 hours
Installation view, Union Pacific, London, 2022
The Birds, 2021–ongoing
Four framed prints
Installation view, Brunette Coleman, Fitzrovia Chapel, London, 2023
The Birds (no. 14386), 2022
Inkjet print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag, 18 × 32 cm
The Birds (no. NEED NO), The Birds (no. NEED NO), 20223
Inkjet print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag, 18 × 32 cm
The Birds (no. NEED NO), The Birds (no. NEED NO), 20223
Inkjet print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag, 18 × 32 cm
The Birds (24 frames, 00.52.30)
Inkjet print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag, 144 x 96 cm
The Birds (24 frames, 01.11.16)
Inkjet print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag, 144 x 96 cm
The Birds, 2021–ongoing
Various stills
2. Picture Paintings
1450 photographs of flowers, 2020
Photographic emulsion from 1,450 found photographs, acrylic medium on canvas, 240 x 480cm
1450 photographs of flowers, 2020
Detail
1450 photographs of flowers, 2020
Installation view
1450 photographs of flowers, 2020
1450 photographs on steel shelf
5000 photographs of fire, 2022
Photographic emulsion from 500 found photographs on glass
500 photographs of skies, 2022
Photographic emulsion from 500 found photographs, acrylic medium on canvas, 160 x 240cm
500 photographs of fire, 2022
Photographic emulsion from 500 found photographs, acrylic medium on canvas, 240 x 160cm
50 photographs of fire, 2020
Photographic emulsion from 50 found photographs, acrylic medium on canvas, 60 x 40cm
2 photographs of flowers, 2020
Photographic emulsion from 2 found photographs, acrylic medium on canvas, 60 x 40cm
3. Halloween
Halloween, 2020
Digital video and sound, 41 minutes
Halloween, 2020
Various stills