Detritus 2021: Artist Biographies
Artists who performed and displayed work at the first iteration of Detritus, 23rd October 2021.

Indigo Ayling
Indigo Ayling is a queer multidisciplinary artist specialising in rapid expressive ink drawing. Building off their work as a disabled life model and figurative artist, Indigo is currently exploring the experience of being witnessed in act of witnessing another. They will be documenting the work of the other performers as well as the bodies of the audience throughout the day.
they/them, @gentle_human
Documenting performances and audience between 2pm - 6pm, with breaks

Laura Bradley
Laura Bradley creates work that links physical material to abstract sensations and experiences. She shapes her performance by relying on her own internal logic and lived experience of mental health, often experimenting with construction, play and ritual.
she/her, @laura_bradley_
Untitled, 4pm start, between 1-2hrs duration
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Anna Dean
Anna Dean is a performance artist. Femme gaze is the motive and material of her practice.
she/her, @annalilyart
Video art and drawings showing throughout the day

Jennifer Martin
Jennifer Martin’s work focuses on the use of material to evoke context. ‘Cleanse’ will be the second step in a three-part series following ‘Bathe.’ The material in Cleanse (rope, galvanised metal, wood and polyester) represent the beginnings of industry, and the action pertains to domestic labour. Jennifer’s work often focuses on the place of female-identifying people within society, and the dialectic that this position is in flux due to technological evolution.
she/her, @jnnifr.m
Cleanse, 1pm start, duration 2hrs approx.

Sal Morton
Sal Morton does not currently have a practice.
he/they, @sal.morton
No Show, outside, 1pm - 8pm, with breaks

other_kat
As a nonbinary trans femme artist, kat focuses her work on the expression of transness in modern society through a diverse range of media. With a hyperfocus on personal experience, they lay themself bare in their work, documenting her own journey in snippets and flashes of emotion.
she/they, @other_kat
Shedding Femme, 2pm start, duration 45mins approx.

Dani Surname
Dani Surname is a multidisciplinary artist specialising in Live Art, Photography and Printmaking. Interrogating the contradictions of her queer, neurodivergent identity, Surname’s practice currently explores her Northern and femme identity, whilst challenging the reception of Live Art in gallery spaces. Detritus is Surname’s first foray into event management.
she/he/they, @danisurname
Gorgoneion, 3pm start, between 1-2hrs duration

Rosie Vincent
Rosie Vincent is interested in the urban body and the emotional and physical challenges it faces. In particular, Rosie likes to explore the difference between the public and private body. Rosie describes her practice as 'analogue' due to its use of non-digital forms such as personal objects, handmade props and her own remnants. Rosie aims to produce non-confrontational performances about unconventional subjects.
she/her, @macbreath
Mon nom était Diabetic, 5pm - 8pm.

Organised and curated by Dani Surname.
Documentation by Dani Surname and Alex Firth.
Marketing imagery by Alex Firth.
Original image by Jamie Genovese.