Untitled, 2018
Metal, acrylic, PVC, motor, food coloring, bed sheet
Pill Blanket, 2019
Performance
Pill capsules, fabric, medical documents, mattress pad, pillow
Untitled, 2019
Mattress pad, rope
Untitled, 2019
Shower curtain, rope, food coloring, water, thread, caulk, alginate, toilet paper, wood, knife, motor, pulley
Pill Machine, 2019
Pill capsules, paper, salt, found paper towel dispenser
Flesh House, 2019
Metal, wood glue, wire
Artist StatementSculptures, installations, and machines along with performance address the dysfunction of institutions, specifically medical and educational systems, and my personal positionality within them. With constant friction between dependence or resistance, my ambivalent orientation as a queer/sick body within these systems becomes a potential site of play for my work. The instability I experience within an apathetic system manifests as a lexicon of fragmented materiality and mechanical happenings, challenging my viewer to question their own bodily boundaries when confronted with an ambiguous environment. While the mediums I work within are constantly in flux, recurring themes in my work include creating through failure, experimenting with the inadequacy language, and using liminal boundaries as a site for possibility.