Collectisfaction
Bedtimes
My daughter’s bedtimes since 26.8.22
Daily photo series, Ongoing
I am interested in the practice of collecting and ordering items by category, date or visual similarity as a regulatory practice for neuro-divergent brain processes. There is a particular type of satisfaction to be gained from this practice, which I’m calling collectisfaction.
Tea
My cups of tea since 6.8.2021
Photo series, Ongoing
Protests
Pictures of protests collected from newspapers and magazines, sewn together in square panels.
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2020 - Present
Sudokus
Sudokus completed by my daughter (now age 7) and I, and some by my mum. Sewn together in square panels.
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2020 - 2024
Captcha
CAPTCHA is an acronym that stands for Completely Automated Public Turing Test to Tell Computers and Humans Apart.
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Digital collection of text-based CAPTCHA image samples. Each symbol was collected from captcha.com
Likes
All my likes in 2023.
This piece is about the addictive, psychological drive to collect virtual symbols of approval as if they are a form of wealth.
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Digital collection of all the accounts that liked my Instagram content in 2023.
One More
A collection of cigarette ends from rollies I smoked before I quit. Each one is inscribed with the letters ONE MORE. This piece is about addiction, habit and will-power.
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Cigarette ends mounted on board, 2013 - 2014
Little Guys
My daughter’s collections of emojis that she puts together in a word document on my phone (she calls them little guys). This was a daily project she started aged 4.
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Digital collection, 2021 - 2023
