A dark,
rolling landscape. Tiny lights erupt out of the thin air and
bloom up from the ground. Clouds of sound drift and swarm at
varying altitudes and thicknesses. This is what I imagine the
interior of my mind to look like.
Light and sound possess the unique quality of lacking mass
and having volume. I see these moments of light and sound as
thoughts, bubbling up from the unconscious to be born into
consciousness. I am fascinated by these transformative
instances, when a thought materializes and before it is
pondered and processed into information. Thought and memory
create the landscape of the mind. Each is ephemeral, an
entity that embody the space of the mind, housed within the
body.
My
fascination with the more theoretical space of the mind is
reflected in the environments/sculptural installations I
create. Dark spaces punctuated by light and sound events,
they speak about the fragility and haphazard nature of memory
and communication. I develop vibrant coded systems wherein a
handful of specific governing rules provide a plethora of
complex output. Technology provides the nervous system of the
installation space. What I set in motion is a system in
space, an autonomous organism. It is important for the viewer
to be physically surrounded within these mental environments.
In the darkness viewers become more aware of the presence of
their bodies, which directly respond to the computational
code that has acted as the filter of events, creating an
environment that is constantly fluxing and changing.
As an artist who comes from a sculptural background, I see
electronic technology as the realm of ultimate tools. Access
to that realm allows me to dream up anything with the power
to bring it into fruition, to make the impossible real. I
have acquired the firm belief that I must make my work from
the ground up. This endeavor requires an immense amount of
research, knowledge and skill acquisition. I am at the helm
through the entire process, as this is a place where new
possibilities for each project are constantly presenting
themselves. It is at these points where the work grows and
matures, and I feel that it’s essential to be in the driving
seat for this process