Projects (Current)

Exhibitions & Sound-Art Performances
The Pictorial Bible III/The Aural Bible I: Transfigurations. In the Christian bible 'Transfiguration' denotes Christ's glorification on the mount. More usually the term refers to a marked change (or crossing-over) of one form into another. Within the context of this research project, the form (that is, the pre-compositional material which is subjected to a process of conversion) comprises texts drawn from the Judaeo-Christian bible, while the resultant 'transforms' are visual and audible artefacts. Transfigurations is the third project in The Pictorial Bible series. Following Settings of the Psalms (2000) and Seal up the Vision and Prophecy (2007), it investigates ways in which biblical texts can be transposed into visual and (in this project) audible artefacts without recourse to representation or traditional musicality. The process of 'imaging' involves rendering words as pictures and sounds using systems of codification and strategies for transformation derived from, or implicit within, the biblical texts [exhibition and performances].


Publications
The Bible as Art. The book addresses the need not only for artists to deepen their understanding of biblical theology, themes, and stories but also for biblical scholars to better comprehend the ways in which biblical images (traditional and modern) serve as a significant (albeit nonverbal) exegetical tool, as an articulation of doctrine, theology, and belief, and as an influential mode of biblical, cultural reception [single-authored book].