statement

~ In essence, I tell stories. To tell them, I sense how they want to be told.

Some stories want to be an abstract video or an animated film. Others, lean towards more spacious conceptions like discussions or installations. There are also those, which prefer to become drawings, playful pedagogical impulses, abstract forms, negotiated or reduced systems.

~Being a metaphorholic, I’d say it is all about connecting the dots.

Connecting the dots is like travelling across a strange land without a map in a sun-broken fog. It requires an idea and methodology to map the terrain.

It’s also about inventing systems to mix a healthy dose of curiosity, intuition, a wild patchwork of experiences, and your brain’s superpower for finding hidden patterns.

You take random, scattered pieces of information and—voilà!—the story is coming through.

~ I am …

a state-shifter who alternates between focus and drift as their my main medium;

an equilibrist who explores physical or mental balance between the two as a core practice;

a diffractionist who focuses on how ideas scatter and spread out;

a liminalist who spotlights the threshold states and spaces;

an attention ecologist who balances the use of mental and physical energy across different types of focus;

a spectrum weaver who connects the tight point of logic with the wide edge of intuition.

~ I make, experiment, play, research, ruminate, daydream, get bored and reflect.

If need be, I repeat the process until the story forms.

~ I uphold that we, the artists, create using a biological body (as a whole),

which roots me in embodied enactive art practices.

~ I go for …

inner sustainability & body-mind relations : taking care of the artist’s mental and physical health rather than burning out for the work;

managing creative rhythms & cognitive resources : pacing your work schedule and protecting your brain power and focus;

embodied meaning-making : creating art that comes from physical experiences and bodily presence as well as abstract ideas

co-ductive behaviours : developing ways to guide, share, and connect actions or thoughts cooperatively with others or the environment.

~ and …

Since 2013, I have been learning how to make art more sustainably.

I’m still finding my way after having tested many different options, including not making art at all.

~ I drift to think.

~ I drift to notice textures, patterns, typography, and organic elements.

In other words, I go for ~ nature inspired philosophy of connecting the dots.