Reading to soothe my jangled nerves | Library haul
The construction outside has been relentless, my brain is frazzled, and the only thing that's making me feel better is losing myself in fictional worlds! So the wonderful Lars was dispatched to the library and came back staggering under the weight of a giant pile of books
Aging as art, living as art, dressing as art
Life will happen anyway, may as well make it art
My brain is a compost heap
Inspiration is rarely a single lightbulb moment. It's more like a compost heap - a giant steaming pile of disparate things slowly breaking down until they become something new. This is a tour of my particular inspiration compost heap.
The compulsion to create ourselves into existence
"She notes the singular importance of this particular genre for women as a “way to present a story about herself for public consumption,” a rare break from the typical objectification of the female form as depicted by the male artist."
Gorgeous/grotesque
This brief foray into the gorgeous/grotesque world of artist and fashion designer Michaela Stark will make you think about beauty in a whole new way.
Cutting up my art to make a zine for my Friends
Ever wondered what goes into making a zine? Today I'm showing you my entire process for creating a digital zine for Friends of The Haus - from designing the layout, to cutting up my own artwork, to assembling the final piece.
VLOG | A day in the Haus: zine-making, rule-breaking, and why I'm scared of my own Shorts
Come spend a day in the Haus with me - filming, zine-making, a fabulous outfit, and time with some of my favourite people in the world.
“It’s just a little nana belly”
The amazing Arlinda McIntosh showing off her favourite outfits. I wish I was this cool.
Things Men Have Said To Me Instead Of Hello: Artist Talk
In January I opened an exhibition at MDS Gallery in Copenhagen called Things Men Have Said To Me Instead Of Hello - the culmination of a year’s worth of thought and labour. And in March, for International Women's Day, I sat down with gender studies scholar Elisabeth Gehrke to talk about it live on stage.
“Recognize the thing that excites us the most”
"[W]e have to recognize that the thing that looks most flawed, might, in fact, be the most interesting thing in the work. So we’re not looking for the thing that functions best, because to do that is to only reward the most conventional and most familiar moves the work makes. But to try to recognize the thing that excites us the most, or intrigues us the most, which may be something the writer doesn’t even understand." - Peter Turchi
Translating your genius
"She [Zandra Rhodes] only moved into fashion because nobody would hire her, she says, even though she had been the star student of her year at art college."
I created a monster! (and by monster I mean puppet)
A while back, Jennifer and I spent an afternoon making puppets in my studio. No plan, no tutorial, just a bunch of scrap materials and a great big dollop of FAFO attitude. This is what that looked like.
