Tom Marshman
Her Bungalow Heart, Everybody’s Kitchen
Tom Marshman is a performance artist who is interested in how memory affects consciousness. His work celebrates the domestic, using everyday objects to explore that which we often take for granted.
These are two new moving image works produced by Tom Marshman in collaboration with artist Anna Lucas and Picture This. Her Bungalow Heart attempts to commemorate the domestic environment in which the artist’s Nan lived for the last 35 years of her life. Everybody’s Kitchen investigates the emotional investment in the things we eat. The pieces take their inspiration from Marshman’s Everybody’s Companion to Life and Love - a trilogy of live works presented in Bristol from March to July 2006.
I have been making work since 1988. I often work site-specifically in non-art spaces, for example, an allotment plot for Keeping His Feet on the Ground (2003), or through interventionist performance in, for example, cabaret or party contexts. To date the purpose of my work has been to address issues that are often considered as mundane or commonplace. My work celebrates everyday domestic objects, exploring what is often taken for granted.
Credits: The project and its production have been supported by Picture This Small Wonders professional development scheme. Picture This continue to support the project and its exhibition at the NRLA through technical support and marketing assistance. With thanks also to Arts Matrix, New Work Network, Arts Council England, Suland Investments, Arts and Business South West.