Curiosity+
Dialogue
My art explores the reciprocity and superimposition of local and global dimensions via olfactory, musical, and spatial manipulation and acts as a perpetual voyage towards comprehending the human experience.
Through dialogue with others, I seek to unearth the nuances of our collective internal and external environments and how they relate to us and us to them. Only through dialogue can we approach an understanding of ourselves within the context of our surroundings and create a more illuminated future.
That is why I do art.
Just as objects juxtaposed upon one another within a physical space define that space, the sounds in “Emergence” define sonic space, but not in the artificial manner of human constructs; but rather by taking inspiration from natural design, integrating Fibonacci sequences throughout the architecture of the work and creating hundreds of unique multiplex sonic associations.
The film is a synthetic representation of a sunrise, with the past dark and the future light, illustrating our emergence from the dark and questioning what and who the future holds in the dawn of tomorrow.
Created as a moment for contemplation on humans' effects on the earth and the infinitely complex relationship between cause and effect.
"The Ephemeral Present" refers to both the invaluable gift of human life and to the transience of humanity.
The composition was inspired by Sharon Olds's Poem "Ode to Dirt," and first appeared in Odes, published by Alfred A. Knopf in 2016, and is reprinted with the permission and thanks of the poet.