ARTIST’S STATEMENT

I WORK WITH REALITY AS IF IT WERE A SET — NOT TO ESCAPE IT, BUT TO SEE IT ANEW. FASHION, SPACE, AND GESTURE ARE MY TOOLS, TRANSFORMING FAMILIAR OBJECTS AND SITUATIONS INTO VISIBLE FORMS WHOSE MEANING CAN BE FELT. I AM DRAWN TO THE MOMENT WHEN THE REAL APPEARS STAGED, AND THE ARTIFICIAL FEELS GENUINELY ALIVE. I TURN THE EVERYDAY INTO AN EXHIBITION TO RECLAIM ATTENTION: WHAT HAPPENS TO AN OBJECT WHEN IT LOSES ITS FUNCTION, AND TO A PERSON WHEN THEY BECOME PART OF THE OBSERVED SCENE. MY WORK IS A PLAY WITH VISIBILITY AND PERCEPTION — AN ATTEMPT TO RESTORE PRESENCE THROUGH STAGING, FICTION, AND THE LOGIC OF MODELS. EVERYTHING IS SLIGHTLY OFF FROM LIFE — AND IT IS PRECISELY THIS DISSONANCE THAT ALLOWS US TO FEEL, ONCE AGAIN, THAT LIFE IS STILL HERE.