Transtastic Exhibition

I submitted these two artworks for a digital exhibition at Transtastic - a talent showcase for the gender diverse community in Perth.

Collaborative Video

A video piece illustrating the issue of time difference within a long distance relationship.  A collaboration with Katya Veleva.

Collaborative Photography

The Taboos of Intimacy, Chaz Howkins and Katya Veleva, 2016, photograph

In a society in which lesbian relationships are sexualised, gay relationships are judged and gender ambiguity is unsettling, what might a conservative viewer think of this image?  Would they attempt to heteronormatise it and attempt to read one subject as male and one as female, accept that it is two male characters embracing or try to believe it's two women?

Collaborative Photography

Duality, Chaz Howkins and Katya Veleva, 2016, photograph

Most of my recent photography has been self portraiture due to the self explorative nature of my work, however I felt it was time to broaden my practice by beginning to use other models in my photography.

Collaborative Photography - An Exploration Of Androgyny

Androgyny 1, Chaz Howkins and Katya Veleva, 2016, photography

Androgyny 2, Chaz Howkins and Katya Veleva, 2016, photography

Androgyny 3,  Chaz Howkins and Katya Veleva, 2016, photography

My girlfriend and I collaborated to create this portrait series which explores androgyny.  I put the images in black and white so that the viewer wasn't distracted by hair colour or skin tone while attempting to identify the subject.

Nine Frames Project (Loughborough Whispers Performance)

Aftermath of performance

I took part in an interactive performance called Loughborough Whispers, a take on Chinese Whispers, during which several artists were supplied with a range of materials and took it in turns to create something, picking up where the last left off.