About
Artist Statement:
Is discarding physical material and leaving trails of digital information an inevitable part of being human in the 21st century? I am fascinated by how individuals and communities process, share and experience the amount of material they encounter on a daily basis. As new technologies are created and old versions are replaced and discarded, culture is shaped. I pick up on the subtleties of the recent past to make sense of and question the present. Driven by a desire to collect and sort through both digital and physical refuse, a source of perpetual inspiration is the potential held within things considered "trash" or "obsolete." I use craft-based techniques and a DIY approach to expand upon the concept of waste as a form of storing and accessing memory. Responding intuitively to shape, form, and color, I employ spontaneous play and meticulous organization to articulate the ubiquity and resonance of unwanted things. Through sourcing free material and recycling previous artworks into new forms, I joyfully defy landfills. I believe the current environmental issues we face as a global community must be addressed. As an educator, I am interested in how systems of waste in a creative learning environment can be reimagined and redesigned. As interfaces between humans and technologies meld together, I believe it is important to create opportunities to slow down, share knowledge and learn from one another.
Is discarding physical material and leaving trails of digital information an inevitable part of being human in the 21st century? I am fascinated by how individuals and communities process, share and experience the amount of material they encounter on a daily basis. As new technologies are created and old versions are replaced and discarded, culture is shaped. I pick up on the subtleties of the recent past to make sense of and question the present. Driven by a desire to collect and sort through both digital and physical refuse, a source of perpetual inspiration is the potential held within things considered "trash" or "obsolete." I use craft-based techniques and a DIY approach to expand upon the concept of waste as a form of storing and accessing memory. Responding intuitively to shape, form, and color, I employ spontaneous play and meticulous organization to articulate the ubiquity and resonance of unwanted things. Through sourcing free material and recycling previous artworks into new forms, I joyfully defy landfills. I believe the current environmental issues we face as a global community must be addressed. As an educator, I am interested in how systems of waste in a creative learning environment can be reimagined and redesigned. As interfaces between humans and technologies meld together, I believe it is important to create opportunities to slow down, share knowledge and learn from one another.