My work studies the possibilities of the future. This examination looks at the possible outcomes of the future, exploring potential dystopian apparatuses. In this future the years of rampant freedoms in the “proletariat” cause a feeling of zeitgeist that pushes the leadership back to Bush era control. The devices they produce prey upon the wearers vulnerabilities and exert careful control over a certain aspects of the wearers person or environment. These machines become performative, and due to their exaggerated structure they act as a pillory as well, drawing unwanted attention to the participant. Individualism and freedom are checked through the apparatus leading to a homogenization of society and it values. The individual eventually becomes devoid of choice, and succumbs to the whim of he machine above all higher reason. This leads to the breakdown of the idea of self and therefore culture, the mind of the affected become akin to robots going about their daily program as dictated from above.
As an artist my work is inspired by technology, science fiction, warfare, and dystopian themes. My interests in art include new-media, interactive, performance, wearable-art, electronics, digital, conceptual, as well as sculpture.
My process involves blending new media practice with traditional metals techniques to form a hybrid. These works are highly engineered wearables that use microcontrollers, robotics, and code to affect the wearer’s actions. I use retro futuristic forms to emphasize a future wear raw materials are insufficient and structure is dictated by this scarcity.