Machine Project

I make performances and ephemeral installations that incorporate bodies, movement and sound to exhibit uncertainty as live sculptural material. At the heart of my practice is a distrust of the ideal of truth, which manifests itself through collaborations in which the co-construction of knowledge is key. By working with a diverse range of people in a very personal way, we are able to create our own truths through collective experience. I am therefore continually redefining notions of authorship while affirming my role as an artist. I am particularly interested in examining the imprecision of language and the myriad ways it can be delivered, understood and misunderstood. In my work, language becomes a simultaneously mental, visual, auditory and sensual experience. Meaning is never limited to a single path. My practice exists across and between disciplines. I attach myself to writing, research, theater, choreography, sociology, psychology and education and use them as tools in the rich territory of art. Every encounter results in the creation of a visual and physical lexicon that is unique to the particular exchanges experienced. This insistence on communication and human interaction results in volatile works that aim to provoke real rather than symbolic consequences.