The Tipping Point, is a video based on my self penned verse written in 2014. Inspired by epic poems such as Beowulf and Basil Bunting's Briggflatts (and the verse convention of Rupert Bear annuals too) it was initially written as free rhyming, spoken word.
With the unfolding of national and international world events, its dystopian content has become ever more relevant in the following years. I decided to use it as the basis of a video piece, recording it as male/female narration.
With the unfolding of national and international world events, its dystopian content has become ever more relevant in the following years. I decided to use it as the basis of a video piece, recording it as male/female narration.
This piece has been selected as a finalist for the 2026 AESTHETICA ART PRIZE, to be announced July 16th 2026 and will be on show, along with the other finalists, at York Art Gallery from 17th July until 15th November '26
You can also watch it on the video arts channel SIX MINUTES PAST NINE
...and like a fairytale absurd
where once was sofa, rug, tv
now squats this dullard metal toad
"we'd move if we could find the road;
but where to go, we need a leader;
no desert's left where we can hide
from missiles with computer guides."
where once was sofa, rug, tv
now squats this dullard metal toad
"we'd move if we could find the road;
but where to go, we need a leader;
no desert's left where we can hide
from missiles with computer guides."
