Home but not There

Thinking of people, we are flooded with memories and emotions that topple over one another in layers, new elements mixing with old, fuzzy and sharp, confusion and imagination re-forming events and impressions. How can we be sure what our perception of that moment really was, and what has been newly mixed in?

As humans we seek security and reliability. The physical aspects of our homes – bricks and beams, seem like solid structures, but when we see the foundations of a house being prepared, we realize how fragile the seemingly solid structures really are. When we see the degradation of figures in our life that once seemed all-powerful, like our parents, we re-evaluate the solidity of life’s structure itself. Something that seems so stable, a place of safety, is shown in actuality to be incredibly fallible.

Following the dream-like quality tradition of the New Leipzig School, this series investigates the emotional states of (in)security, inclusion, stability and recollection. The collage-effect of memory is reinforced through improbable layering of pictorial elements and material texture, skating on the edge of overwhelm with highly-saturated colours and a sense of shifting perspective within the scene, keeping the viewer perpetually off-balance.