ARTIST STATEMENT
My practice is concerned with language as a kind of tool for dealing with and interpreting social structures. A focus on how meaning is constructed and deconstructed lies at the heart of my work. This often leads me to investigate the frameworks of specific phenomena, which I approach through interactions with systems — linguistic, bureaucratic, etc.
In this regard, I am interested in aspects of personal life that are difficult to access without a personal invitation. Sometimes I modulate different situations to involve elements of participation or data collection into my work. For instance, in my Non-acquaintance project I established connections with strangers through an intermediary. The Worlds I[i] project involved working with anonymous data from libraries, and for the Ritualising Uncertainty, I organized street performances with data collection in Lisbon.
This interest often extends into a material dimension. So my practice is also marked by an interest in everyday things. This simple, but recontextualized objects in my work are imbued with layers of interpretations that oscillate between the poetic and the political. I often work with assemblage and the recontextualization of objects, as seen in projects and works such as Ritualising Uncertainty, Fragments of Navigation, Object Picket, and Connection is Unstable.
I am equally drawn to the processes of registering and organizing data. Alongside the tools of poetic storytelling, these processes form an integral part of my artistic methodology. I develop each project with an emphasis on intermediate actions and a focus on the analysis process. The choice of medium is determined by the conceptual framework of each individual project.