Malcolm Whittaker (b. XXXX)\u00a0is a\u00a0cis male\u00a0from\u00a0Sydney\u00a0who works as an\u00a0artist,\u00a0writer,\u00a0researcher\u00a0and\u00a0performer. He does this in solo pursuits, as a founding member of performance collective\u00a0Team MESS\u00a0and in collaborations with other artists and non-artists. His work is mostly made and executed through the engagement of participants and collaborators in the framing of play spaces that adopt\u00a0social forms\u00a0and\u00a0rituals\u00a0of\u00a0popular culture\u00a0and\u00a0the everyday. His projects have taken the form of theatre and gallery situations, site-specific and public interventions, performance lectures, film shoots, phone calls, support groups, radio programs, teeth brushing services, walks in the park, games of chess, gift shops, letters in the mail and the borrowing of books from the library. He has made and presented work extensively across\u00a0Australia, as well as in the UK and Finland. Malcolm is currently completing a PhD at\u00a0The University of Wollongong, where he also works as a sessional teacher.<\/p>\n