I’m jumping in the deep-end again, eyes wide, heart open.

Time-being: the shared body

I’m excited to announce my new project, Time-being: the shared body, will be fuelled by two amazing residencies during 2026-2027.

Two Residencies drawing together contemporary approaches to care and repair across the disciplines of prosthetics, art conservation and art-making.

The residencies:

1. Adelaide Orthotics & Prosthetics - focus on the human body

2. Artlab Australia- focus on the conservation of objects

I’ve already begun working with two extraordinary orthotists and prosthetists who seem to seamlessly work as one. The learning curve is steep; each interaction is profound. The ethos of augmentation, care and repair is applied to real lives every day here. So much is custom-made by hand; the wearable devices are sophisticated and there is constant innovation.

And In the new year I will begin a residency with Artlab Australia; an internationally respected organisation, with specialised skills in art stabilisation, repair and restoration, disaster preparedness and environmental management.

How will our material cultures, language and ethos intersect?

I’m an enthusiastic advocate for artists undertaking residencies across disciplines, opening new ways of thinking, new languages and more hopeful solutions. Watch this space!