iVend Installation

Historically Cat's art and poetry has been about the shared human experience. It is a process of better understanding ones relationship with oneself, with the world at large and ones place in it. Previously Cat achieved this through curating (and sometimes taking part in), a series of nine "˜Catalyst' events which took place in London, Sydney and Brisbane between 1991 and 2006. For Cat these events were very much about "˜Planting Seeds of Consciousness' through the medium of The Arts and raising awareness about environmental and social issues that the Artist felt strongly about at the time. Now Cat's art is about making her personal insights, ideas and revelations about society and the human condition, accessible to the everyday person in everyday situations, in non-art-specific communal spaces such as foyers, bars and meeting rooms, rather than facilitating the growth of other artist's work through group events. A previous installation of the Cat's digital art, entitled "˜Swim', was screened three times at the Tate Britain's Late at Tate in November 2008 where the artist was also guest speaker on the subject of poetry film making. The short film was a visual accompaniment to a poem called "˜Swim' consisting of layers of whispering vocals emulating the ebb and flow of water to ethereal watery images. Another installation by the artist took place on platform 1 at Baker Street Tube Station on the London Underground between September and October 2009, where an A0 sized poster featuring the Artist's poem "˜Shine' illustrated with a full colour artwork of a smiley sun, also designed by the Artist was exhibited for two weeks. A recent installation by the artist was a recorded spoken word poem entitled CCTC commissioned by Goldsmiths MA Art and Politics graduates for a site specific installation on the EDF London Eye on the subject of CCTV and surveillance, consisting of an alternative audio guide designed to last for one revolution of the wheel. (Link to audio file: http:// soundcloud.com/catcatalyst/cctv) Cat's current installation is entitled "˜iVend' and is about the normalisation of art and the accessibility of ideas, and the fact that it should be a perfectly normal experience to be able to purchase a selection of poems containing concepts about social unity, environmental awareness, spiritual enlightenment and emotional evolution, as normal and as effortless as being able to buy a bar of chocolate, a packet of crisps and a can of coke.