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My work explores transience within
urban spaces. It attempts to interrogate dichotomies such as construction and
destruction, life and death, man made and nature, development and deterioration
and the tensions created by these dichotomies. My exploration is an endeavour
to understand my reality, my existence. To do this, I found refuge through
examining transience and these contradictions.
Paper is central to my practice
because of its fragility, it’s everyday usage, it’s recyclability, and because
it is one of the most consumable commodities of our time. I make use of it as
my primary medium whether it is cut, embossed or sculpted. This choice of
medium refers to the fragility of the transient state of our lives and our environment.
The more the paper is cut into the more fragile it becomes.
The imagery I use is drawn from my
surroundings, mostly referencing construction sites, often in conjunction with
natural forms. I have focused on construction because of its brutality and
beauty. For me, construction and the processes around it are an apt subject
matter to use as metaphor for the complexities of life’s transience. The
process (of building) is often far more interesting than the goal or completed
work itself, which in this context works as a truism to life.
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