My studio practice consists of finding and manipulating objects and environments as much as it does of the creation of things. As a sculptor in an increasingly digital landscape, I find myself straddling the issue of obsolescence, both as a theme in the work, and in the making of it.
Often times what we choose to throw away is more telling than what we display. Working with the detritus of a culture, I seek to breathe new life into it, rather than just new form; I seek to explore the relationship between value and purpose through the distortion of function. Our objects are physical and psychological extensions of ourselves, so by looking at our relationships with objects, and finding their sense of identity, I endeavor to explore the sense of the self by investigating the other.
Absurdist philosophy, according to Albert Camus, arises out of the disparity between the human search for inherent value and meaning in life, the human inability to find any, and the general meaninglessness of the universe. Camus' solution to reconciling the two is to recognize and embrace the absurdity of the irrational world around us. My work tends to exaggerate by displacing ideas, forms, and materials to create uncanny replicas that highlight their disruption in order to question things both as they normally present themselves, and as they relate to a larger narrative. We look, but often times don't really see anything.
Often times what we choose to throw away is more telling than what we display. Working with the detritus of a culture, I seek to breathe new life into it, rather than just new form; I seek to explore the relationship between value and purpose through the distortion of function. Our objects are physical and psychological extensions of ourselves, so by looking at our relationships with objects, and finding their sense of identity, I endeavor to explore the sense of the self by investigating the other.
Absurdist philosophy, according to Albert Camus, arises out of the disparity between the human search for inherent value and meaning in life, the human inability to find any, and the general meaninglessness of the universe. Camus' solution to reconciling the two is to recognize and embrace the absurdity of the irrational world around us. My work tends to exaggerate by displacing ideas, forms, and materials to create uncanny replicas that highlight their disruption in order to question things both as they normally present themselves, and as they relate to a larger narrative. We look, but often times don't really see anything.