Jonathan Carson's work explores the ‘stuff’ that surrounds us. He is interested in the everyday things that form an increasingly complex part of our lives, objects that are as much an expression of taste and choice as they are a backdrop to our existence. Harvested from the glut of popular culture, Carson is interested in narrating an alternative life for the, often decorative, ephemera he finds. For Carson the language of decorative styles is inherently married to the complex psychology of our relationships: a chandelier becomes a vehicle for its owner's dissatisfaction with life, a curtain serves as a thin veil over the darkness of a relationship gone bad. In changing an existing article or creating something new, Carson undertakes a re-examination of things we feel we know, courting his audience’s engagement with the familiar, but sometimes sinister, sometimes absurd etiquette that structures our lives. His explorations harness a variety of prodcution techniques including installation and print methodologies. In tandem to his studio practice, Carson has worked on a number of curatorial projects including the 2005 visual and performing arts event A Haunting which took place in venues across Manchester.