For me, making art is the process of translating perceptions. My practice concerns the exploration of object narratives and the genre of time, in scenarios ranging from private, everyday spaces to public, historical spaces.
I’m particularly interested in how material culture, from everyday belongings to museum artefacts which accumulates layered histories and changing meanings over time. Working across installation, sculpture, video, and text, I draw from research in art history, archaeology, and object theory. Many of my projects are informed by interdisciplinary independent research and in-depth engagement with collections and archival materials within institutional contexts. Recently, I have become increasingly focused on the act of collecting as a means of shaping subjective time and examining the tension between preservation and reinterpretation.
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