My practice is woven with the spaces and places that surround me. I see the process of art making as a dynamic experience that involves exploring, observing, and conversing with the places I inhabit. Navigating shifts in scale and interconnectedness is both a central challenge and a driving motivation within my work. I see my body as an interface, grounding my understanding of place and linking the physicality of land to my human experience. Through my work, I document this process-my interactions, perceptions, and imagination- filtered through the lens of my own understanding. The work itself emerges from documenting this process and exists as a record of embodied experience.
“the city gives the illusion that the earth does not exist.”-Robert Smithson
It is interesting to experience the lack of contact with the soil in urban developments. In cities, one must dig through layers of human fabrication—concrete, asphalt, and debris—to reach the earth beneath. Peeling back these surfaces reveals urban soils, often hidden just inches below concrete, disconnected from the flow and movements of nature. This "disconnection" highlights the complexity of the relationship between the body and the soil. I believe soil serves, among many other functions, as a powerful medium to neutralize our body's electromagnetic field. Through my action research, I aim to cultivate and restore this vital connection with the land.
Fieldwork: Learning from soils scientists to “read” and interpret soils. This workshop was presented by the Urban Soil Institue as part of Metabolism of Cities & Soils, 9th Annual Urban Soils Symposium Symposium 2024 — Urban Soils Institute
