Yesterday was my graduation ceremony, a year after my Viva and just over ten years after I enrolled. I welled up a little when the Vice Chancellor said that a PhD means you have “done something that nobody else has ever done before”.

For several years I’ve been decentering celebrity/influencer culture on my social media e.g. not subscribing to channels with more than 100,000 subscribers. It’s not that I don’t watch their content, I just assume that the algorithm will show it to me anyway. Since the internet … read more

“Nu-metal is about gender dysphoria, dude!” -> a stitch introducing my trans reading of the B-side of Slipknot’s The Subliminal Verses

I just got done watching a Leftist Cooks video essay. The title is “when your hero is a monster” with a preview image of Neil Gaiman, but ultimately this isn’t about him, or about any other powerful auteur. The eventual conclusion argues that we should decentre celebrities and mass … read more

Is ‘Society’ In The Room With Us Now? 21st November 7pm UK time Hedi (Fadumo Hassan) is a rising star of the tech world, and nobody knows they are secretly an alien anthropologist. Hedi is optimistic about the future - we’re going to solve all our problems with increasingly powerful technology, … read more

An edited recording of the September performance of "Assigned Earth at Birth" is screening this Wednesday, at an event on the topic of genre in media made by and for trans people. The video will drop on theIntrapology Patreon on Thursday. It will be a public post, and if you sign up as a Patreon … read more

Tickets are now available for Assigned Earth at Birth, via our audience partner Now Play This. It would mean the world to me if you shared the link with someone who would love the show. Tickets page: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/intrapology-assigned-earth-at-birth-tickets-1016657880087 Photo by … read more

I have so much exciting news to share about Intrapology in the coming weeks. For now, the important thing is this: we have three performances scheduled before the end of the year, and I want you at all three of them. Here are some handy Google calendar links so that you can save the dates! Episode … read more

The Photographer's Gallery have very kindly posted the full video of a panel discussion between myself and other artists who contributed to INCITE: Digital Arts and Activism. There's some great stuff here, including Joseph DeLappe's critical encounters with memorials, Martin Zeilinger's wry "proof … read more

In absolutely amazing news, Intrapology has managed to get a £60,400 grant from Arts Council England. It will allow us to create and perform a five-episode first season, as well as share the process and our software! This has been several months in the making, after a lot of work, care, and kindness … read more

I had the honour of being invited to write about my research and art practice, including Intrapology, for Henry Jenkins's PopMatters blog. In particular, I consider how multiverse stories can play a role in making life more bearable for one another, and how we practice shared worlding when modernist … read more

This evening I'm doing a remote event with Max*ine Vajt of No Fun Collective, connected with an exhibition programme at Trafo Gallery in Budapest. The exhibition is on until 7th April, and includes work by Bassam Al-Sabah, Hollow (Gyula Muskovics, Tamás Páll, Viktor Szeri), Denis Kozerawski, … read more

Date: 21 March, 7pm Running Time: 120 min Location: Studio 2, Lincoln Arts Centre We're performing the first 20 minutes of Assigned Earth at Birth at this night of test performances in Lincoln. I'm particularly chuffed that we're performing alongside the wonderful Ashley Gregory, an extraordinarily … read more

Cis Penance is going to be displayed at Now Play This, definitely one of my favourite festivals! Details below. 6 April - 14 April 2024 (excluding Monday 8 April) Somerset House​ New Wing and River Terrace General Admission: £9 / Concessions: £6.50 / Family Ticket: £26​ (Two adults and up to three … read more

I'm developing a new episode of Intrapology, with the support of a couple of fantastic scratch performance nights. It's a karaoke jukebox musical with parody lyrics chosen by the audience! You know, because making a live, interactive, online/hybrid show wasn't technically challenging enough already … read more

Date: 06:30pm - 08:00pm, Thu 07 Mar 2024 Price: £8, £5 concessions Location: The Photographers' Gallery Join us for a book launch and panel discussion to celebrate the publication of INCITE: Digital Art & Activism. Join us for a book launch and panel discussion to celebrate the publication of … read more

When preparing for the November 2023 performance of Assigned Earth at Birth (Episode 1 of Intrapology) I contacted a musician to ask if I could use a piece of music he'd published on Bandcamp. Before giving me permission, he wanted to understand the message of the piece of work I was creating, to … read more

'Layered principles, values and activities for creative, anti-oppressive and trauma aware practice' collage from Sunderland et al. (2023) Trauma Aware and Anti-Oppressive Arts-Health and Community Arts Practice Among other things, Intrapology is a way of processing rage and a sense of abandonment as … read more

I've launched a small Patreon for my big dream project! It would mean a lot to have just a few people put their support behind the Intrapology Patreon at this early stage. The Patreon will have regular updates on the development of this project, reflections on the performances that we've done so … read more

I've been so excited for this book to come out, and it's finally ready! It's a gorgeous risograph-printed collection of contributions by a number of artists. Mine focuses on the wonderful character designs that June Hornby made for Cis Penance, and highlights three key moments from the interactive … read more