Domestic Disorder considers the impact of clutter in the home on wellbeing. This autoethnographic practice investigates my relationship with personal belongings through a series of solitary, improvised performances with possessions. Performances evolve from a series of memories and emotions, in an attempt to disentangle complex relationships with things owned. Photographic practice becomes therapeutic, documenting a journey from disorder, where clutter and possessions are overwhelming, to a more ordered state. A degree of levity and humour offers empathy and compassion to invite the viewer in.
Kathryn is a photographer/visual artist from Plymouth, UK. Since rediscovering photography during a period of ill health it became her passion and therapy. Photography, now transformative, led her on a journey of self-discovery achieving BA Honours and Master’s degrees in the subject. Kathryn’s masters study provided opportunities to push the boundaries of her practice taking her work in new and exciting directions. Now autoethnographic and cathartic, her work combines personal performance with humour to explore personal history, female identity through domestic experience.
Awards 2021/22 Fine Art Photography Awards – Domestic Disorder (Series) 2nd Place (Open theme)
2021 ND Awards – Domestic Disorder (Series) (People, Self Portrait) Honourable Mention
2021 PX3 The State of This World – Domestic Disorder (Series) Shortlisted
2019 15th Pollox Awards – Feelings of Detachment (Single) (Open Theme) Honourable Mention
2020 ND Awards – Ephemeral Beauty (Series)(Nature/Flowers) Honourable Mention
2020 IPA – Beauty and Decay (Professional)(Single) (Fine Art/Still Life) Honourable Mention
2019/20 FAPA – Ephemeral Beauty (Open Theme) Nominee
2019 IPA – Ephemeral Beauty (Professional)(Single) (Fine Art/Still Life) Honourable Mention
2019 IPA – Ephemeral Beauty Day 35 (Professional)(Single) (Fine Art/Still Life) Honourable Mention
2018 14th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards – Ephemeral Beauty (Fine Art/Still Life) Honourable Mention
