Originally looked to as a solution to the severe limitations on the scale of my work imposed by lockdowns, collage has become a central part of my working method. A space to explore a much wider range of ideas than in my larger scale work, it has become a way to step away from the complexity of the projects I am often involved in to work on something with a lighter, more fluid approach. In turn my recent video work has begun to draw directly from some of the ideas which have turned up in my paper based collages. As my collage work has developed I have begun to incorporate further elements including text, images of my painted objects, myself and other collaborators’ bodies, other artists’ work and film stills.