Artist Statement
I am a multidisciplinary artist working in moving images, writing, collage, bookbinding, and poetry. Using Super 8 and 16mm film, VHS, MiniDV, and materials from my personal archives, I make work about memory and documentation. I draw from decades of journals, photographs, collected artifacts, and unfinished projects, treating my own life as both subject and evolving archive.
I’ve been working with Super 8 film since the early 2000s. I’m drawn to its grain, mechanical sound, and the mystery of not knowing what will appear until the roll is developed. The cartridge system allowed me to work alone and intuitively, without the technical pressure of larger formats. I value tactile processes and slowness—methods that require patience and faith.
I often shoot without a clear plan, trusting that meaning will surface later. Some footage sits undeveloped for years before I return to it. What once felt like failed attempts at becoming an artist now feels like steady documentation—each roll of film, journal entry, saved map, spreadsheet, record, ticket stub, dream log, and piece of memorabilia forming a long record of living. My work circles repetition, revision, and preservation as ways identity slowly takes shape over time.
Generational trauma, particularly alcoholism in my family, moves quietly beneath the surface of the work. These histories sit alongside my interest in nostalgia, vintage technology, cityscapes, myth, and the surreal qualities of ordinary life. I’m drawn to art that feels like poetry, puzzles, or maps—work that allows empathy, play, and introspection to coexist. Collage and re-editing are ongoing practices for me; rearranging fragments is a way of thinking.
My films and writings don’t aim to resolve anything. Instead, they trace patterns and allow connections to build gradually. For me, recording is less about spectacle and more about staying present with the past—and leaving something behind for future selves.