Basic Statement
On this page I present a selection of my works. My art is narrative in nature; it opens a space from which viewers can think further. Each piece carries one or several questions that invite conversation. These questions often examine the relationship between reality and possible reality, between signs and material. You could say that I propose a narrative and create a situation in which it becomes tangible.
Some of these situations seem impossible, and some fictions appear more compelling than documented history (as in my genealogy project). Other fictions, such as the series Entertainments—named after James O. Incandenza, the underground filmmaker in David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest—outline images of a possible dystopian future. The series looks at how we construct ideas of the future, especially failed futures. It asks how we tell stories about what lies ahead and why we are drawn to collapse scenarios. Which signs do we choose? And can a sign that is usually read in one way be shifted into a new context?
These are the questions that drive my work.