Artist Statement

 

I am a transformer – I transform
I metamorphosize, I change, I transcend, I disappear, I become
I perform
I am raw material

The Self: body and psyche. My Self: as medium for art
Art as Life / Life as Art
Living Art

I am in relationship
(It’s complicated)
With space, time, light, sound, colour, texture, form, concept, entity
With complexity
(It’s simple)
I alter the environment and the environment alters me

I improvize, I compose, I plan, I build, I destroy, I re-build, I release, I let be
I explore, I discover, I create
I am created

I am firmly rooted in the foundations of classical western tradition
From which there is no escape
But, given time, nature will re-wild any man-made structure
Pushing tendrils through its windowpanes, weathering its pristine towers and
Reclaiming the architecture for its own set of aesthetics

My work is interdisciplinary, often collaborative, usually improvization-based. It utilizes any mediums that can be incorporated into a performative context.
These include, but are not limited to:
movement, dance, choreography, sound, music, composition, text, poetry, spoken and written word, moving and still image, visual arts, installation, environmental interaction and public intervention.

I am invested in the experience of the audience member as participant and of the artist as observer
I am conscious of opening possibility for their journey
I play a dual role as artist / facilitator – whether directly or indirectly
I challenge conventions – not for the sake of anarchy per se, but for the sake of what seems most appropriate for the work itself
I will push boundaries; yet still hold artistic integrity as priority over experimentation
However, in cases where the experiment IS the art, there can be no conflict