ARTIST STATEMENT FOR BLOC

We Are Not Your Kind. Slipknot released All Out Life in 2019 containing that lyric and it has stuck with me ever since - I’ve been in the alternative community since I was 13 and it is a beautiful place to be. I’ll never forget walking into Download Fest at 15 years old and seeing everyone look just like me and enjoy the music as I do. Me & my brother have been part of it for years - however to the outside world we’re still just really fucking weird.

This year seeing as our gigs aren’t happening, I can’t meet people in person and all our clubs are shut, I thought I would reach out using social media and build a project around us to showcase us to people who wouldn’t normally see us. This is a teaser of what I have planned - I am researching sexism and femininity in alternative spaces as so many women who don’t have a voice.

These pieces were created using acrylic paint, fineliner, watercolour, colour pencil and a range of techniques. One of the techniques I am experimenting with this year is collage. These are all made separate and pasted together with the intention of them being part of a bigger piece however they can also stand by themselves. These are collaborative pieces, the girls sent me their fave lyrics and the photos they wanted used in the project as I wanted the community to be involved as much as possible.

Gee xx