After a PhD-related hiatus from studio work, I took part in Borderlands, a three month artist residency programme, invited by the Atelierhaus Eupen. In Belgium, my research came out in a new context, and new work, among a great group of artist friends. Our residencies culminated in two group exhibitions: a booth at 2025 Art
The graffiti in the Stasi remand prison Berlin-Hohenschönhausen show that – in spite of extraordinary repressive conditions – people risked scratching into the whitewashed walls during the last years and months of the GDR. Markings that remain date from about 1987-1990. Many of the graffiti are just lines: tally markings, or other markings without symbolic
This book was already formed as an artwork when it came to my attention during my research at the former central Stasi remand prison, Berlin-Hohenschönhausen. It’s a 1969 GDR translation of To Kill a Mockingbird with markings by inmates and Stasi monitors – the German title is Wer die Nachtigall stört. The book holds a
This series of silkscreen prints is based on graffiti from the underground in East Berlin (the former GDR). I found them in a so-called “ghost” station where, between about 1950 and 1989, people could mark on and scratch into the walls without being seen. As with several of my other projects, I began by copying
Unbound is an unfinished installation of drawings and poetry that works directly with markings left by anonymous inmates held in the secret Stasi remand prison, Berlin-Hohenschönhausen during the 1980s. The poetry in Unbound is an ambiguous collaboration between these individuals, and me. Most prisoners at Berlin-Hohenschönhausen were interrogated by Stasi wardens and some were granted
History, Sideways represents the past in Cyprus through graffiti inscriptions found across the island. The processes of discovery and documentation are central to my research-based art practice, which has involved recording inscribed graffiti in Cyprus since 1997. Many of these inscriptions had not been previously documented, and some no longer exist outside of their presence
These selected works are based on ship graffiti that I copied from the walls of one building: the ruined church of St. George of the Greeks in Famagusta, Cyprus. The graffiti, dating from c.1570 to 1920, have attracted a relatively good amount of scholarly attention. I recorded all that I could reach using the technique
These pieces explore the boundaries between drawing and writing, blurring them through repetition, copying and tracing. Many of the works experiment with the look of speed – fast or hasty mark making that suggest urgency, fluency or skill. As a child, I saw my grandmother’s household notes in stenography and I understood these as her
Bridge-Building is a neon sign art installation commissioned for the European Capital of Culture Pafos 2017. In general, the term “bridge-building” is used as a metaphor for fostering interactions between communities and people who may not naturally meet. Even though this metaphor is used by marriage counsellors, teachers, and peacemakers, it doesn’t hold up: social