Games People Play

Games People Play is an ongoing collection of images examining power dynamics and personas through family life and play. The work investigates how games, performance of roles, expectation, memory and regression function as tools for understanding ourselve

Games People Play is an ongoing collection of images examining power dynamics and personas through family life and play. The work investigates how games, performance of roles, expectation, memory and regression function as tools for understanding ourselves and our social positions. While created in domestic spaces, the series invites reflection beyond the family, questioning wider power structures and engaging audiences through surprise, energy, and discomfort.

The series draws on psychoanalytic theory, popular culture, children’s literature, current affairs, and personal experience. I combine approaches, sometimes creating, directing, and performing within images by physically “collaging” myself into existing scenes or adopting another’s persona, alongside impulsive documentation. Through these strategies, the work visualises tension and humour simultaneously, encouraging viewers to consider both personal and systemic power dynamics.