I am delighted to have got funding from Arts Council England for my new long term project Taking The Air

In November 2026 I was on residency at Ny Ålesund Climate Research Station. The 24 hour darkness and the access to all the scientists engaged in climate research led me to reconsider the air and atmosphere. That residency has significantly informed the direction of my future practice

Ever since I can remember, I have been fascinated by the weather. It can affect our mood and how we feel on a certain day; it can influence how we experience something and remember it. Being immersed in deep snow or leaning into a wind or sat for days in fog has made me feel alive with the sensations in my eyes, ears, nose or on my skin. I was in the weather, and the weather was in me.

I am currently particularly interested in the experience of the air, wind and the atmosphere, in both the natural and emotional senses of the words. Air has no geopolitical borders, no boundaries, it is one of the things that connects us all. In a way we take it for granted but it holds so much information and affects us in so many ways. From what is visible in and on the air and what is invisible within it. It impacts animal migration, transport and communication. It carries our speech, radio and sound waves, volcanic dust, pollen, pollutants and it brings weather, highlighting the relationship and deep interconnectedness of the natural and human within the (emotional) environment.

Taking the Air is a new long term artistic research project supported by ACE and The Art House (wakefield) with additional support from DASH, DAO, PMStudio Watershed and Shape.

A new series of work will explore the atmosphere as a metaphor for the neurodivergent/disabled experience.