G’pa’s House Work




This project looks at:
  • Interspecies care
  • Cosy horrors
  • Shared abjections
  • Domestic environmentalism

My grandpa didn’t do housework. This work comes from cleaning his house and thinking about different kinds of housework after he fell and moved into a care home. It looks at human life as part of different ecosystems around one home and new possibilities of living with other life.


1. Kitchen Work: Food Babies






Food baby 1, 2022
Collaged cherryade, grapefruit and pomegrate with feotus.




Food baby 2, 2022
Collaged spaghetti, orange and squid with feotus.




   
Food baby 9, 2022
Collaged spaghetti, cherryade and orange with feotus.





Harvestime (Safe Ways to Hold a Baby), Cradle Hold, 2022. 
                   
 


Harvestime (Safe Ways to Hold a Baby), Rugby Ball Hold, 2022  
                                                         



Harvestime (Safe Ways to Hold a Baby), Face-to-face Hold, 2022. 

                  

     

2. Bathroom Work: Rivers of Slime





Rivers of Slime, 2022, installation.

 


 
       

Rivers of Slime, 2022, installation detail.

 




Rivers of Slime, 2022, installation detail.






Rivers of Slime, 2022, installation detail.

 


 

Rivers of Slime, 2022, installation detail.