My practice questions the world we inhabit and envisions the one we will leave behind. Through collaborations and choreographed interactions with living and non-living systems, I construct performative sculptures and installations that incorporate familiar objects interacting in unfamiliar ways to challenge the framework of our present reality. Reflecting on my background in research science, I combine elements of scientific investigation and material exploration to consider the politics of ecology, one of constant change (inevitable decay, reconstitution, and regeneration).

My time-based works synthesize elements of environmental ecology with Zen poetics to explore the interconnected nature of our material world. Creative explorations emerge from research which spans fossil records, current socio-political events, and science fiction speculative futures to inspect the contemporary moment through the context of vast timescales, forward and back. Experimental play transforms into poetic contemplation as I embed organic materials, such as molted cicada shells, bleached brain coral, and sensitive plants, within a synthetic world of antifreeze, polystyrene, and the magenta glow of LED grow lights to render the uncanny nature of our present reality. I collect, deconstruct, and recombine everyday materials to create work that reflects on the existential trauma of our persistent environmental anxiety. These ephemeral constructions allude to their impermanence and, by proxy, our own.