Hayley Goodsell

I am a photographer, writer, sound and filmmaker and self-confessed collector. My work explores the tenuous links between various aspects of everyday people and their lives. Concerning myself with taking note of the people and places around me, I aim document humorous, intimate everyday scenarios that anyone can take part in, or empathise with. From taking a seemingly harmless act of finding a diary on the street that evolved into a two month long investigation into the owner, or calling an adult phone line just for a chat, I like to create an active experience: viewers have to move around, through or into my installations to see them entirely, and to determine whether what they are seeing is a secret that they have stumbled across, or whether it is a façade.

Through my meetings with strangers I formalise biographical experiences that lead me to collaborate with the people I encounter, creating a link between myself and everyone I come across, preserving the brief moment that we have shared.

My first short film ‘Home Town – Friday Night in Haverhill’ was screened in June 2008 at ArtConnexion, Lille, France as part of the ‘Fever’ season, in association with Saison Video.

For further information, please contact me

email: hayley_goodsell@hotmail.com
website: hayleygoodsell.co.uk