APRON

This series was made between 2003 -2005. Drawing on art history and current affairs of the time, the series transforms 'home' into a conceptual space within which the family can play. From a fixed camera position, repetition of the same domestic setting creates a staged reality, a metaphysical space between fact and fiction, security and vulnerability, reality and myth. The title, APRON, refers both to the protective garment - a metaphor for parental security and protection - and also to the small area of the stage that protrudes beyond the curtain and into the auditorium - perhaps the most exposed, least protected space in the theatre. Working with an analogue medium-format camera and out-of-date colour film, the series offers an insight which pre-dates the pandemic by over 15 years, prefiguring creative strategies of lockdown culture - paraphrasing art history with Instagram re-enactments, re-arranging domestic spaces and documenting home haircuts.