My work focuses on understanding ordinary human action as it is embodied in public spaces. How philosophical discourse explains human action and how imagery is used to describe human action in places like the street.
I recently completed a public art commission in the new Greenock Health and Care Centre. Key research for this work involved exploring the work of amateur French street photographer Eugene Méhat, who documented the streets of Greenock in the mid-sixties. In this work I used his and my own street photography of passers-by, to highlight ideas associated with the public presentation of the self.
In the past I have looked at the role played by human action in participatory art. My aim was to confirm that when analytical, phenomenological and sociological philosophies of action are taken into account, then explanations of participatory art are enhanced.
I am currently looking at accounts of the body in social theory and a survey of related accounts in contemporary art theory. Through these accounts I aim to broaden the understanding of the representation of human action.
I teach part-time in Product Design Engineering at Glasgow School of Art. I have also had a WASPS studio since 2010.
| # | Item title |  |  |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aesthetic Experience and Action in Participatory Art | 63 | 98 |
| 2 | Passers-By - Greenock Health and Care Centre | 59 | 8 |
| 3 | Action and The Open Work | 56 | 16 |
