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Primarily
a visual artist, I work with photography, video, collage,
mixed media assemblage, sculptural installation, and design.
My work examines
both the construction of dominant ideologies and their impact
on society, as well as the often tenuous interplay between
natural and unnatural orders.
Fascinated with existing
imagery and the social and political context in which it
is embedded, I use re-appropriation as a technique in
my work, aiming to draw on the inherent psychological symbolism
contained within a given material. In assigning new meaning
to these well-worn methodologies of visual communication,
I deconstruct how ideas are used to create influential ideologies,
allowing me to establish new sets of connotations and introduce
fresh social, political, or intellectual contexts. At times,
the abrupt addition or removal of an object or image from
its original context may be either playfully comedic or uncomfortably
disturbing.
In addition to examining
dominant ideologies, I am also interested in the interplay
between natural and unnatural orders. In thinking of man's
fundamental essence as rooted in nature, I address the conflicted
and often chaotic relationship between humankind and the
natural environment. Somewhere within this disjunct lies
an emotive state of spirituality; beauty trapped beneath
the weight of societal construct. My work attempts to locate
the synergies and disconnects in this tension. |
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