A Mirror and a Lens, 2019

Digital video, 9mins with audio.
Music: excerpt from Birdsong by Tony Higgins

A Mirror and a Lens is a moving image work glimpsing the lives of two characters who have developed what may be seen as strange strategies for seeing and navigating the city.

A Mirror and a Lens combines storytelling, visuals, text, and sound, to explore ways of encountering one another, becoming-in-the-world, and interconnectivity. The work draws from research, personal experiences with anxiety, and imagined situations.

A TV is mounted on a white gallery wall. The screen shows a bright blue background and white text in the centre saying "it's a bright laugh that vibrates between you." In front of the TV two young women sit on chairs, facing the screen, while wearing headphones.
Install photo from Womb of things that were, tomb of things to be group show, Glasgow 2019

Video stills:

video still. Background is bright blue with a gradient and white text says "it exaggerates the joins between things"
video still. Background is bright blue with a gradient and white text says "she rarely makes eye contact with anyone"
video still. Background is abstract beige and white pattern and white text says "Without warning the image jumps and everything is a soft blur of colour instead."