As a response to the process of experience in the artist’s body, POSITIVE Reinforcement allows a space for the viewer to reflect on their own relationship to time, speed, productivity and value.

In a busy period of confused identity, resources, motivation, purpose and confidence, the use of unrefined and undetermined ideas can offer a logical respite to the stress.

The reiteration of self affirmation, whether grounded or disjointed can imbue a naive sheath of safety, which, in a subtle way, propels the body through small moments of doubt toward a clearer understanding of self.

The blueberries act as a gesture of worthiness. You eat and you’re now part of a system. A sharing of wealth yet simultaneously a more complex economic narrative has begun. For the question, ‘for how much longer can these be replenished?’ arises. ‘How many of these do I take?’

Somewhere between the combination of meditation, luxuries, safety and nature emerges the question of how we engage with desolate and changing landscapes. The blankets offer a moment of soft childlike innocence. Made of synthetic fibres that pollute the environment. Why does safety feel so good yet do so much damage?