About

“Art no longer wants to respond to the excess of commodities and signs but to a lack of connections”

-Jacques Ranciere, ‘Problems and Transformations in Critical Art’, 2004

Growing up in Los Angeles, with a single mom, McDonald’s every Tuesday, and lots of television I have been greatly influenced by popular imagery and modern mythology. I always felt that there was something else, something intangible that I needed, but more and more I wonder if this is a product of growing up in American Corporate culture that strived to create illusion so we would consume. Do I know what I want? What makes me happy?

Participation and community play a large role in my art making process and I  work in a variety of mediums to express my ideas. In general an image or video is an archive of an event or moment in time.

For most of my photography I use a Yashica twin lens film camera to take stills that aim to engage the viewer with awkward notions of dreams, narratives and perhaps play on fashion photography. I am curious about the anti-aesthetic image, and what might look ‘off’ or awkward. What is fragmentation? What does it mean to feel connected? These images are strange, at times playful and silly, and try to question what is beauty. I enjoy using objects that may or may not be symbolic. Household items, devices for communication, different forms of clothing and headgear, all create scenarios for meaning and hopefully connect with the viewer about something earnest, magical and real.    -October 2009