The spaces I inhabit have always been based on the shape of the rectangular prism, the box. These boxes have served as the container, context, and framework for my experiences, thoughts, desires, and my everyday life. The box is the basic unit of the physical culture that I know. I see these boxes and the objects in them as vessels for our desires and our selves.
I’m interested in nostalgia as a utopian construct and a depiction of the object of desire. The themes of domesticity, desirability, and intimacy recur perennially in this subject matter. When I look at old images and objects from the vantage point of the present, I don’t know whether to refute their original context or to indulge in the escapism that these artifacts encourage. By working from this material, I endeavor to do both.
One particular piece –Place/Setting- is still concerned with these issues, but has come to be about filial intimacy and friendship, and individuals’ incomplete understandings of each other. This work is dedicated to my family and friends, both present and passed. Our time here is brief, and our time together even more so. Thanks for making these shared places feel like home.