'space-exploration-post-terrestrial-astrobiological-existential-threat-robotics-climate-astronomy-disaster-fetishism-biosemiotics-simulation-oceanography'My artistic practice is characterised by an in depth engagement with process, scientific methodologies and the nature of experiment. Here 'experiment' refers both to the act of acquiring knowledge and information through testing scenarios, and to the act of trying unknown or untested processes. I am interested in how we imagine, simulate and inhabit scenarios that test our understanding and our imagination of the future.For a long time my work was concerned with the information systems contained within living organisms, ecosystems and biosemiotics, and an interest in using organic cultures as processing systems for artificially generated, or technology based, data in an effort to provoke behaviours that contain meaning. Later work led to cultural analysis of the science of astrobiology and life science research in the space environment. This pathway also led to projects that examine how we see ourselves as a post-terrestrial society and how we strive to understand the universe around us.Increasingly I have been engaging directly with the realities of the relationship between the arts and the sciences, specifically how their differences can be exploited to generate moments of artistic value. While following rigorous scientific methodologies and maintaining a strong critical viewpoint my work is faithful to traditional artistic principles of metaphor, ambiguity and a strong sense of wonder. My intention is that the practice stimulates discussion of how and why we acquire knowledge through the cultural activities of art and science, and about how we choose or not to apply that knowledge.The current expression of these ideas is in a body of work that outlines the psychology, culture and aesthetics of disaster and the impermanence of humanity on a cosmic scale.