Thursday 14 December 2017

Self portrait painting

Take Me Home, Chaz Howkins, 2017, acrylic on paper
Another sad self portrait.

Wednesday 13 December 2017

Self portrait

I'd Rather Die, Chaz Howkins, 2017, fine liner on paper
A self portrait depicting anxiety and depression.

Monday 11 December 2017

Transphobia posters

Poster in situ 
Transphobia Poster, Chaz Howkins, 2017, digitally created poster
After adapting the sanitary bags to read "please dispose of transphobia in the bin provided" I felt this would be an appropriate slogan for a poster so created posters which I placed on the walls of public bathrooms.

Wednesday 6 December 2017

Ladies Room

Ladies Room, Chaz Howkins, 2017, installation

Ladies Room, Chaz Howkins, 2017, installation
Ladies Room, Chaz Howkins, 2017, installation

Ladies Room, Chaz Howkins, 2017, installation
This interactive artwork encourages the audience to take a tissue from the toilet tissue dispenser and then either keep it or add it to the pile on the floor.  Each tissue has written on it a quote from real life experiences in a gendered space - the women's bathroom.  The quotes come from either my own experiences of presenting androgynously or the experiences of those who present themselves similarly to myself.