Stories

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The materiality of memory: plaster, wax, and resinMemory is often described as something intangible: an image that surfaces unexpectedly, a voice retained after absence, or a feeling attached to a place. Yet…
On Repetition in Performance: Exhaustion and EnduranceRepetition in performance turns a simple action into a sustained encounter with time. A gesture performed once may communicate intention, but a gesture…
The politics of presence: who gets to be seen?To be seen is never a simple matter of appearing before an audience. Visibility is shaped by power: by museums and markets, by archives and cameras, by the…
Why I Use the Human Figure in Abstract FormsThe human figure enters my work as a living structure rather than a fixed image. I return to the body because it carries memory, vulnerability, movement, and…
When An Archive Remains In MotionAn archive is often imagined as a place where finished things are stored. It suggests order, preservation, and distance: works are placed behind dates, titles,…
Mourning as a Creative ForceMourning is often associated with silence, interruption, and the private experience of loss. In artistic practice, however, grief can become an active…
The viewer as a living element in sound installationA sound installation is completed through listening, but listening is never a purely passive act. The viewer enters a field of vibrations, pauses, echoes,…
Writing an Artist’s Statement from the WorkAn artist’s statement is often treated as a short piece of professional writing, yet its real source is visual, material, spatial, or embodied. It begins with…
How to Look at a Silent Film by an ArtistA silent film by an artist asks for a different kind of attention from a conventional narrative movie. Without dialogue, explanatory voice-over, or a plot that…
On the threshold: installation art and the in-betweenInstallation art occupies a space between objects, architecture, bodies, and ideas. It is encountered rather than simply viewed. A sculpture may hold the…