Compression and expansion of the body and architecture

It is human nature to ensure our memory lives on, we desire to grow beyond the capabilities of our bodies. Expansion and compression are two ways in which my work triumphs the physical limits of the body. This is done through binding my limbs useless, by allowing a cast block of caramel to reject its form, or by deconstructing a chest of drawers with an axe. Materials such as drywall tape, cement, and wooden floors use the inherent language of structure to question the vexed relationships between intimacy, attachment and solitude. By taking action upon the embedded poetics of materials, the work explores the vastness between existence and dissolution.