Artist Statement
I utilize technology and sculpture to create museum-like displays composed of holograms, digital renders, laser-cut acrylic, and resin 3D-printed artifacts. Using 3D scanning technology, I digitally preserve objects in ways similar to how archaeologists archive artifacts for web databases. I work closely with machines—my practice becomes cyborgian, as I rely on them not just for production but as a conceptual extension of myself. Their function and complexity evoke a sense of reverence in me. As I rummage through microchips and wires, I feel connected to some ancient and long-forgotten deity, whose acolytes are poised to rise again. I’m interested in synthetic materials and how they reflect human ingenuity and the legacy we will leave behind on this planet.I consider myself a cyber-archaeologist, documenting artifacts from the distant future. My work is driven by a desire to preserve sentimental objects and a fascination with the stories of ancient peoples. I feel increasingly mournful for what has been lost to time, for the stories I will never hear and for the context we may never fully grasp. In response, I aim to preserve what I can—of myself and those important to me. Appropriating the language of archaeological discovery and museum display, my objects exist on the threshold between the current era and the next: the Cybernetic Era, the coming stage of human evolution marked by a new religion and the deification of the Computer.