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Battle of the Dying of the Light, 23 Oct - 6 Nov

37 Looe Street, Plymouth PL4 0DQ

EXHIBITION ANNOUNCEMENT

Battle of the Dying of the Light is a piece of ambient, durational theatre that imagines the corpse of a whale on the ocean floor as a war-torn battlefield. The gallery will host a changing display of drawings and scenography, made visible and invisible by shifting light and colour. Alongside the exhibition there will be a schedule of performances, streams and screenings.

“When the last whale falls the mad scramble for its corpse will threaten everything. Will anything make it out alive? Or will the technoscavengers snuff out the little light that remains?”

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Here We Are Then, 17 - 18 Oct

UNDER, 18 East St, Stonehouse, Plymouth PL1 3NU


As a part of Plymouth Art Weekender, I will be exhibiting work alongside fellow KARST studio holders.

“The studio holders at KARST are a group of international artists working across multiple disciplines. Join us for a glimpse into our diverse practices in the exhibition space at UNDER, where we will showcase recent work including sculpture, drawing, digital work, installation, sound and moving image.”

Dave Beech, Kelly Bryant & Clare Parker, Anna Boland, Sam Machell, Laura Hopes, LOW PROFILE, Tom Milnes, Mol Mor, Laura Robertson, Lou, Seaing/Hereing, Jess Scott
Community Programme Exhibition: 100 Languages, 10 Oct - 21 Nov

Harbour House, The Promenade, Kingsbridge TQ7 1JD

I am exhibiting some original comic pages alongside outcomes from a holiday club I ran with Harbour House over the Easter holidays.

“100 Languages brings together artworks developed through Harbour House’s children and young people’s engagement programmes, alongside work by the artists who collaborated with them. At the centre of the exhibition is a simple idea: children are not merely participants in cultural life, but imaginative collaborators with their own ways of making, thinking and understanding the world.“

Erika Cann, Llyr Davies, Sam Machell, Amelia, Audrey, Ava, Christina, Dylan, Ellie, Freya, Georgia, Hollie, Isaac, Izaak, Lily, Louis, Lucas, Luna, Mhairi, Olivia, Olivia, Phoebe, Ronnie, Rosie, Stanley, Teddy, Thea, Thomas, Tilly

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Elevation Film Festival, 2 - 3 Oct

Market Hall, Duke St, Devonport, Plymouth PL1 4PS

My software/video installation piece LIVE MIME/DUMB HIPPY will be running and encounterable as a part of Elevation Film Festival 2026.

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Exeter Phoenix Artists Moving Image Commission

I am thrilled to announce I have been selected for the 2026 Exeter Phoenix Artists Moving Image Commission.

My project COLOSSEUM/ABYSSAL ZONE will utilise specialist high frame rate cameras to capture and slow down choreographed movements of bodies and light to create sublime images of clowns in dance-like combat.

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