WHAT'S YOUR NAME?
Priscilla Rose Howe
WHAT DO YOU DO AND WHY DO YOU DO IT?
I am an artist I do it because it’s who I am and I couldn’t do anything else. It’s how I process and understand everything around me. Bog standard answer but it’s the truth.
WHERE DO YOU LIVE?
I live in Christchurch, more specifically Linwood.
DO YOU MIND TELLING US YOUR AGE?
30
WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT CLOTHES?
I like how clothes can reflect eras in time and the theatre/performance of them mostly. I say this but I almost always wear the same thing, leather jacket, jeans and boots.
TELL US ABOUT THE ARTWORK YOU CREATED FOR JIMMY D THIS SEASON:
I was really inspired by food, repulsion, digestion and theatre. James and I also share a mutual love of Greg Araki movies. I was thinking a lot about ‘Nowhere’ in particular - the bright colours and otherworldliness of that film.
WHAT’S HOT ABOUT OYSTERS?
How innately visceral and erotic they are. Very sexy and they taste incredible.
YOU’RE ON “COME DINE WITH ME” WHO DO YOU INVITE AND WHAT DO YOU COOK FOR THEM?
I would invite David Lynch, John Waters, Georges Bataille and Bette Davis. I would cook them something from the futurist cookbook by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti - a Salo or La Grande Bouffe style banquet. There would of course be an entrée of molluscs.
WHAT'S YOUR WORST HABIT?
I can be quite dramatic sometimes which I imagine would annoy people. I’m also a huge overthinker, to my own detriment.
FAVE TIKTOK ACCOUNT:
I don’t have or use TikTok! I’ve been resisting. I love a funny reel or meme though.
WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG DID YOU GET HASSLED AT SCHOOL?
Definitely, in year 7 for being into metal, smelling bad and wearing boys clothes. Was a bad time.
WHAT KEEPS YOU AWAKE AT NIGHT?
The ghost in the house and being thirsty, then being too full of water and bed sweats.
WHAT DO YOU BLAST IN THE STUDIO TO GET THOSE CREATIVE JUICES-A-FLOWING?
In the studio my go-tos would be Skeptics, Brian Jonestown Massacre, System of a Down and Placebo. Recently I’ve been loving Fat White Family and I still get dopamine from Padam Padam.
DO YOU HAVE A RECURRING DREAM OR NIGHTMARE
The airport. I’ve missed my flight, I’m running late or my luggage has spilled everywhere. Classic anxiety dream.
FAVE PODCAST
A woman’s smile with Lorelai Ramirez and Patti Harrison, it’s very funny. I also like art podcast episodes, recently listened to a good one on Paul McCarthy and another on an analysis of Julia Kristeva.
Priscilla Rose Howe is represented by Jhana Miller, find out more about Priscilla's work HERE