Helena Walsh

Live art is central to my fine art practice. My work mixes a variety of media, often involving sound and video projection and the creation of live environments. The real-time experience and inherent ephemerality are significant factors informing my choice of live art as a key medium within my practice.

My work is strongly based within a socio-political context and investigates the extent to which social ideologies regulate individual identity and construct gender. I use my physical body to as a communicative force and to express the key issues relating to my practice. Hence the materiality of the body is highly relevant in my practice and I see my body within the work as being similar to a tool with which I positively violate the preconceived systems, borders and rules that impinge on individual identity. My work acknowledges the power of actual bodily presence and utilizes abject biological functions to subvert gendered ideologies.