Biggie and Smalls

Biggie:

We are reminded of our faults almost daily. With the media having a constant presence in our lives, discussions about pollution, war, poverty, inequality, and climate change seem like everyday occurrences. Even when trying to tune things out, the conversation inevitably creeps back in.

The future seems overwhelmingly negative, every new story feels like another tick on the doomsday clock. This endless barrage has us pointing fingers, but pointing fingers changes nothing. Although these problems are important, what affects us the most is not these worldwide issues; it’s the things closest to home. I believe the aspects of life we usually overlook are actually the most important things to focus on. Instead of being encouraged to live life as individuals, or to even to know what that means, we’re told how to change the world.  

My work highlights aspects about myself that I recognize need changing. It’s an endless process, but I’ve found not actively trying to understand your faults is destructive. It causes you to suffer at your own hand, eventually leading to the suffering of those around you. My practice focuses on the personal process of transformation. Whether it be a lesson I learned, or a fault I uncovered; my work helps me further understand these discoveries about myself.

Through aesthetic, I attempt to imbed these personal issues in worldwide ones; because unchecked faults will eventually exist in the real world. By representing these experiences through objects, I attempt to build a world that combines the personal with the universal. If you ignore your shortcomings and stagnate, things will degenerate into your own personal hell. In my eyes, this happening at the population level would be cataclysmic; so to show the viewer (and myself) the danger in not taking this responsibility, I build environments that seem post-apocalyptic. My goal is to highlight what is personal with the same heavy brush used for worldwide crises.

Shortie:

The future seems overwhelmingly negative. With the media having a constant presence in our lives, every day we hear another tick on the doomsday clock. We’re told the world has to change, causing everyone to point fingers. Although the worldwide issues we face are important, they are not what affects us the most; it’s the things closest to home. We’re continuously reminded of our faults as a species with little emphasis on how to orient ourselves as individuals.    

My work highlights aspects about myself that I recognize need changing. It’s an endless process, but I’ve found not actively trying to understand your faults is destructive. You will suffer at your own hand, eventually leading to the suffering of those around you. My practice focuses on the personal process of transformation. Whether it be a lesson I learned, or a fault I’ve recognized; my work helps me further understand these discoveries about myself.

Through aesthetic, I attempt to imbed these personal issues in worldwide ones; because unchecked faults will eventually exist in the real world. By representing these experiences through objects, I attempt to build a world that combines the personal with the universal. If you ignore your shortcomings and let them go unattended, things will degenerate into your own personal hell. In my eyes, this happening at the population level would be cataclysmic; so to show the viewer (and myself) the danger in not taking this responsibility, I build environments that seem post-apocalyptic. My goal is to highlight what is personal with the same heavy brush used for worldwide crises.