Black has an unusual ability to command attention while appearing to absorb it. It can deepen a surface, erase detail, sharpen a silhouette, or turn an object…
To witness is to remain attentive to what is present, vulnerable, and unfinished. It involves looking closely without claiming complete possession of what is…
An artwork does not always begin with a stable form in mind. It may emerge through handling, repetition, interruption, erosion, or a shift in attention. In…
Wax and plaster occupy a distinctive place in my practice because they hold two opposing conditions at once. They can preserve and conceal, soften and harden,…
Sound changes the way an installation occupies a room. It can seem to come from a visible object, travel through an unseen passage, settle into a corner, or…
Mourning objects carry a charge that exceeds their material form. A garment, photograph, letter, vessel, bed, recording, or fragment of domestic life may…
A studio practice shaped by ritual begins with attention. The artist returns to certain actions, materials, gestures, or arrangements often enough for them to…
Representation and the body are closely connected in visual art because every image, object, gesture, and trace carries an idea of human presence. A body can…
Video art occupies a strange position between stillness and movement. It can preserve a gesture while allowing time to continue, hold a face at the edge of…
An artist’s archive is often mistaken for a storage problem: boxes of notes, photographs, failed objects, exhibition plans, hard drives, scraps of fabric, and…