behind the work
When the ten thousand things are viewed in their oneness, we return to the origin and remain where we have always been.
--- Lao Tze
Physicists are researching the concept of the universe as a hologram. This theory postulates that the material world is not as solid as it seems. Instead, it is more like a hologram – vivid, but empty at the same time. Trungpa Rinpoche expresses the paradox as “everything you see is vividly unreal in emptiness, yet there is definitely form. What you see is not here; it’s not not here. It’s both and neither. Buddhism also advises us to “regard everything as a dream.” I am interested in exploring this idea of space.
In dreams and memories fragments are all we have to make up the whole. I use images the way a DJ samples music to create a kind of visual hip hop. By employing a collage technique, the works are constructed of layered and juxtaposed elements drawn from multiple sources that possess a particular personal and / or social significance. Among these sources are still life objects, toys, old master works, molecular patterns, family photographs etc. This recontextualization of images is a conduit for the generation of new meanings.
Pattern is a critical element and serves multiple functions. It is a reference to traditional “women’s” handiwork and questions the duality of high and low art. It provides a grid formation or "web" that connects the floating elements (information) together. And finally, it works to disrupt the continuity of the image, placing roadblocks in the way of purely logical solutions.
At first glance the work may appear as a collection of elements that have no definable meaning. However, upon careful observation, the works tell a story of resonance without beginning or end.
--- Lao Tze
Physicists are researching the concept of the universe as a hologram. This theory postulates that the material world is not as solid as it seems. Instead, it is more like a hologram – vivid, but empty at the same time. Trungpa Rinpoche expresses the paradox as “everything you see is vividly unreal in emptiness, yet there is definitely form. What you see is not here; it’s not not here. It’s both and neither. Buddhism also advises us to “regard everything as a dream.” I am interested in exploring this idea of space.
In dreams and memories fragments are all we have to make up the whole. I use images the way a DJ samples music to create a kind of visual hip hop. By employing a collage technique, the works are constructed of layered and juxtaposed elements drawn from multiple sources that possess a particular personal and / or social significance. Among these sources are still life objects, toys, old master works, molecular patterns, family photographs etc. This recontextualization of images is a conduit for the generation of new meanings.
Pattern is a critical element and serves multiple functions. It is a reference to traditional “women’s” handiwork and questions the duality of high and low art. It provides a grid formation or "web" that connects the floating elements (information) together. And finally, it works to disrupt the continuity of the image, placing roadblocks in the way of purely logical solutions.
At first glance the work may appear as a collection of elements that have no definable meaning. However, upon careful observation, the works tell a story of resonance without beginning or end.