Vibrating

My films are a physical record of my own dissection of internal and external pressures caused by my environment and self. I explore what being vulnerable with myself and the outer world feels like through bright colors, turning geometric forms into organic ones. I pair the music I’ve written during moments of self-reflection with animated imagery to recreate a sensory experience of what it feels like to be in the world. My approach to process and materials closely relates to my ongoing, near-obsessive reflection. I’m curious as to what makes up a medium, how I can mold it, and what it means to force it to change. I use a collection of chemicals, mark-making, and color to search for my answers.
I experiment with 16mm film, paint and ink on glass, fabric, drawings, etc., breaking down materials under the camera, capturing frames with macro photography, and playing them back as animation.

I experiment on how to find imagery that matches the feeling using traditional animation: these methods include 16mm film, paint and ink on glass, fabric, watercolor, sand, clay, and hand drawn. My work records this process of breaking down materials under a macro lens. The breaking down of my materials reflects the dissection of internal and external pressures caused by my environment and self, expressed in my music.
The material and the timeline of it breaking down is very important in my creative process. I am curious what makes up a medium, how I can mold it and what it means to force it to change. I use the camera to capture a moment that can’t be replicated: all that is left are the remnants of that experimentation. These left-over materials stand by themselves as art pieces but also have an important connection to the animation that I want viewers to see. My animation is not complete without the pairing of its material and vice-versa. Creating an installation using sound, visual and physical is crucial to the piece being complete.
Art, to me, is about process. My art is about capturing the exploration and discoveries that create it. Animation is a form of art that makes process come alive for people to see, not just read, or thought about when looking at my stagnant work.