“An army of lovers shall not fail.” — Rita Mae Brown

Hi Tiger began as a post-punk band in 2009. It’s founder and lead singer now works under the name to transform spaces or “put them in architectural drag” using painting, photography, performance, public programs, sculpture, and video. The apparel brand Lovers Fight Tonight (LFT) was developed in 2021 during a Hi Tiger artist residency in Biddeford, Maine. The collections include clothing and accessories made with salvaged materials as a way to address the waste epidemic in apparel. Body affirming silhouettes are painted, dyed and sewn by the artist in made-to-order and limited editions.

LFT is a new way of working that simultaneously reflects decades of collaboration, shared community, and of course that photo shoot with the wig as a dress.

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Tools I use in my practice:

Music equipment, software and production
Photography and video equipment, software and producton

Cosmetics, Make-up, apparel styling and construction

Costume and lighting design, set styling
Painting materials (pigment, brushes)
Screen printing materials

Techniques:

Contemporary fashion, architectural and graphic design
Experimental film / video, performance, and painting
Desktop screen printing
Site specific sculpture and installation

Frameworks:

Post-modernism, Abstract Expressionism, Sociology / Social Discourse, Pan Africanism, Gender Creative reuse

Identity and performance, Science Fiction, Afro-Futurism