Artist Statement
Heidegger described human existence as a process of perpetual falling, placing the responsibility of each individual to catch us from our own uncertainty. Beyond the basic laws that govern and maintain our equilibrium, we live in a world that constantly tests our stability. War and rumors of war, issues of economic security, effects of globalization, and the politics of identity are all external gravities turned inward, serving to further threaten the precarious balance of self, exaggerating negative feelings of control.
Process Statement
My practice lies at the intersection of performance-based practices and staged photography. Using myself as model, I photograph my body in extreme compromised scenarios. The captured gesture of the body is designed for plausibility of action, which grounds the image in reality. However, it is the ambiguity of the body’s position in space that requires the viewer to resolve the full meaning of the photograph. Do we fall? Can we fly? If we fly then loss of control facilitates supreme control.
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