STATEMENT OF WORK

My practice involves collecting and sorting materials to create assemblage sculptures, informed by research into the intersections of urban planning, waste, and ritual. I invite viewers to reflect on capitalism’s byproducts and how identity is shaped in public spaces at the individual, neighborhood, and city levels. I explore how public space not only informs these identities but also how resilience and play can connect them to local histories and the material realities of a site. Through installations, I choreograph spaces that draw attention to the everyday movements involved in navigating and perceiving the material world. Found objects are arranged in precarious ways, challenging traditional value systems and our relationship to waste. By creating unstable environments, I aim to slow down time, encouraging viewers to engage with their surroundings more intentionally. Sculptures function as temporal markers within this choreography, extending time and raising awareness of movements that continue outside the gallery. By exaggerating certain qualities of found objects, I subvert their original uses, focusing on their formal aspects rather than their intended function. For example, I might use a blue recycling bag simply because I’m drawn to its color, but its cultural associations with recycling shape how it’s perceived. This framework allows space to explore themes of displacement, transformation, and cycles of renewal, while positioning the public as both viewers and participants in the work.