BREXIT

Photo series / performative documentation
This series was developed in response to the Brexit referendum and the cultural atmosphere that followed. The work began from a position of clear disagreement with Brexit and a desire to remain within Europe, but was approached through satire rather than direct protest.

I designed a patterned fabric and commissioned a bespoke tracksuit from a local seamstress. The garment was intended as a tongue-in-cheek visual stereotype, drawing on media imagery and caricature associated with anti-immigration rhetoric at the time. The outfit was worn in public settings and photographed as a form of performative documentation.

During the process I deliberately engaged with tabloid culture, including regularly reading The Sun, a prominent supporter of Brexit, as a way of immersing myself in the visual and narrative language surrounding the campaign.

Rather than presenting an argument, the work focuses on costume, behaviour and everyday symbolism, using humour and exaggeration to reflect on how political identity is performed and consumed. In hindsight, the images sit as a record of a moment that has since been widely reassessed, as the economic and social consequences of Brexit have unfolded.

Presented here as part of an ongoing archive of practice rather than a definitive statement.