The activity of creating work for me is a way of engaging with the tenuous fragility of human existence, while exploring a variety of materials and reinventing sculptural forms that can forge a sense of collective human connection.

“The Present is a Ruin without the People” is an audio-visual installation that explores the physical and emotional spaces unwillingly abandoned by individuals in times of conflict and war. Primarily focusing on the cathartic aspect of destruction and reconstruction, I gathered thousands of layers of recycled textiles into sprawling architectural forms . I treat each scrap of fabric with the same care that I would offer the humans who once wore them.

The accompanying audio score, "In the absence of sparrows", was created in collaboration with technical advisor Damon Dorsey. This soundscape attempts to help place the listener into a space of persistence of passage of time. The ambient amplifies, envelops and transports the listener into a space of comfort and tranquility.

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