kat's blog

hi! I’m kat, i'm a multi-media artist and writer.

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why a laptop orchestra? - 18/03/2026

I worry that discussions of technology, particularly laptops or personal phones, have distilled to lean closer and closer to an analysis of online infrastructure, than anything direct relevant to the machines that enable interfacing with it. Yes there is a lot of talk around Data Centre’s and the broader concerns...

hunger - 23/02/2026

Hunger asks audiences to relationally understand robotics through the lens of desire and desperation. At its centre is dog, an AI-powered humanoid robot without ocular sensors, that uses a localised mesh network and olfaction to conceptualise physical space and boundaries. Initially, dog will twitch and gesture, as it processes its...

family mart - 27/01/2026

my dad told me he was dying. not in any way thats urgent.
more a shorter life expectancy than planned.

i’ve been feeling numb since.

i write this while i’m eating noodles, so my metaphors are food based and the feeling looks like the broth. slightly cloudy but...

speaking to the soldiers - 10/01/2026

When I was 18, I got a job on a military base (the prior Military Hospital at Headley Court), working between the kitchens, cafe and bar area. I grew up around this type of infrastructure and so found it easy talking to people and sharing experiences. There is a barrier...

a supermarket in california - 08/12/2025

ahhh i moved house, was made redundant and had my partner’s birthday. so it’s been a little busy, hence the blog delay!

this week i’m going to talk about my initial forary’s into game making. recently, i’ve been playing around with non-linear writing, partly as an extension of some recent...

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