Rage Reactor, 2025. Commissioned by DaDaFest International for their 40th anniversary at The Bluecoat, Liverpool. Photos by by Tom Horton.
Rage Reactor, 2025. Commissioned by DaDaFest International for their 40th anniversary at The Bluecoat, Liverpool. Photos by by Tom Horton.
Rage Reactor, 2025. Commissioned by DaDaFest International for their 40th anniversary at The Bluecoat, Liverpool. Photos by by Tom Horton.
Rage Reactor, 2025. Commissioned by DaDaFest International for their 40th anniversary at The Bluecoat, Liverpool. Photos by by Tom Horton.
Rage Reactor, 2025. Commissioned by DaDaFest International for their 40th anniversary at The Bluecoat, Liverpool. Photos by by Tom Horton.
Rage Reactor, 2025. Commissioned by DaDaFest International for their 40th anniversary at The Bluecoat, Liverpool. Photos by by Tom Horton.
Rage Reactor, 2025. Commissioned by DaDaFest International for their 40th anniversary at The Bluecoat, Liverpool. Photos by by Tom Horton.
Rage Reactor, 2025. Commissioned by DaDaFest International for their 40th anniversary at The Bluecoat, Liverpool. Photos by by Tom Horton.
Rage Reactor, 2025. Commissioned by DaDaFest International for their 40th anniversary at The Bluecoat, Liverpool. Photos by by Tom Horton.
Rage Reactor, 2025. Commissioned by DaDaFest International for their 40th anniversary at The Bluecoat, Liverpool. Photos by by Tom Horton.
Rage Reactor, 2025. Commissioned by DaDaFest International for their 40th anniversary at The Bluecoat, Liverpool. Photos by by Tom Horton.
Rage Reactor, 2025. Commissioned by DaDaFest International for their 40th anniversary at The Bluecoat, Liverpool. Photos by by Tom Horton.
Rage Reactor, 2025. Commissioned by DaDaFest International for their 40th anniversary at The Bluecoat, Liverpool. Photos by by Tom Horton.
Rage Reactor, 2025. Commissioned by DaDaFest International for their 40th anniversary at The Bluecoat, Liverpool. Photos by by Tom Horton.
Rage Reactor, 2025. Commissioned by DaDaFest International for their 40th anniversary at The Bluecoat, Liverpool. Photos by by Tom Horton.
Rage Reactor, 2025. Commissioned by DaDaFest International for their 40th anniversary at The Bluecoat, Liverpool. Photos by by Tom Horton.
Rage Reactor, 2025. Commissioned by DaDaFest International for their 40th anniversary at The Bluecoat, Liverpool. Photos by by Tom Horton.
Rage Reactor, 2025. Commissioned by DaDaFest International for their 40th anniversary at The Bluecoat, Liverpool. Photos by by Tom Horton.
Rage Reactor, 2025. Commissioned by DaDaFest International for their 40th anniversary at The Bluecoat, Liverpool. Photos by by Tom Horton.
Rage Reactor, 2025. Commissioned by DaDaFest International for their 40th anniversary at The Bluecoat, Liverpool. Photos by by Tom Horton.
Rage Reactor, 2025. Commissioned by DaDaFest International for their 40th anniversary at The Bluecoat, Liverpool. Photos by by Tom Horton.
Rage Reactor, 2025. Commissioned by DaDaFest International for their 40th anniversary at The Bluecoat, Liverpool. Photos by by Tom Horton.
Rage Reactor, 2025. Commissioned by DaDaFest International for their 40th anniversary at The Bluecoat, Liverpool. Photos by by Tom Horton.
Rage Reactor, 2025. Commissioned by DaDaFest International for their 40th anniversary at The Bluecoat, Liverpool. Photos by by Tom Horton.
Rage Reactor, 2025. Commissioned by DaDaFest International for their 40th anniversary at The Bluecoat, Liverpool. Photos by by Tom Horton.
Rage Reactor, 2025. Commissioned by DaDaFest International for their 40th anniversary at The Bluecoat, Liverpool. Photos by by Tom Horton.
Rage Reactor, 2025. Commissioned by DaDaFest International for their 40th anniversary at The Bluecoat, Liverpool. Photos by by Tom Horton.
Rage Reactor, 2025. Commissioned by DaDaFest International for their 40th anniversary at The Bluecoat, Liverpool. Photos by by Tom Horton.
Rage Reactor, 2025. Commissioned by DaDaFest International for their 40th anniversary at The Bluecoat, Liverpool. Photos by by Tom Horton.
RAGE REACTOR (2025)
Earlier this year, I presented Rage Reactor (DaDaFest International, Liverpool, 2025), my most significant work to date—an ambitious multimedia performance-installation exploring nuclear history, queer family trauma, and ecological narratives. Developed for DaDaFest’s 40th anniversary programme, the piece was showcased on an internationally recognised platform, responding to the festival’s theme of Rage by framing anger as both a creative and transformative force. Premiered in March 2025 at The Bluecoat in Liverpool, the installation was activated by three live performances that intertwined personal memories of my childhood with the visual culture of the civil nuclear industry. The work combined archival research, soundscapes recorded at nuclear power stations, projected film, and visceral performance to create an immersive environment where personal memory and collective ecological anxieties converged. At its heart was a small oval tin containing my birth caul, used as a metaphor for legacy, decay, and invisible danger—mirroring the radioactive materials that persist for millennia.
Through humour, intense physical action, and audience interaction, Rage Reactor examined estrangement—from power grids, from family histories, and from the ecological systems that sustain us. Developed with fabrication support by Ash McNaughton, sound design by Leon Clowes, and video documentation by Baiba Sprance and Marco Berardi, the work was commissioned by DaDaFest International, produced by Future Ritual, and supported by Arts Council England and Metal Liverpool. Building on the success of its premiere, I am now developing plans to tour Rage Reactor nationally and internationally, accompanied by workshops and public discussions that explore its themes of rage, resilience, and the politics of energy.