 In his art work he investigated medicine, which he saw to have replaced religion as a source of hope for modern day society, and the frailties of the human body.. His early work integrated ideas about culture text and body from non-Western sources; some of which were derived from his travels in India c. 1988.His use of text, voice and typography presages his later engagement with theory and criticism.Intra became part of a collective of artists that established the influential Auckland artist-run space Teststrip in 1992.