My practice is conceptual, eclectic and often collaborative. The futility of effort is a key theme of my work, which is mainly digital and low tech. I play the role of the 'female Sisyphus' performing for the camera with an obstinate perseverance which veers into absurdity. I use language as a medium to explore the fallibility of communication and the unintentionally poetic. I lead a virtual residency focused on waiting rather than making.  

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I use the body as a form of walking sculpture, responding to spaces and situations with contortions and disruptive actions, carving out a place for myself. The body is the site of struggle, physical failure and power relations.

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I am interested in conceptual writing that uses text as a malleable, destabilising medium. Online language, the nonsensical, and any “over our heads” resources provide me with endless material to cut and paste or mix and match in a search for inadvertent meanings and poetry.

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I am part of artist duo Berger & Berger, a long standing collaboration with Chinese artist Hanyue Tang. The characters of Jo and Dolly Berger offer a playful and feminine commentary on the business of being an artist, using a mix of performance, intervention and moving image. Tongue in cheek and self-assured, they seek to challenge art that takes itself too seriously, but are never far away from failure and absurdity.

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