To lose yourself: a voluptuous surrender, lost to the world, utterly immersed in what is present so that its surroundings fade away. To be lost is to be fully present, and to be fully present is to be capable of being in uncertainty and mystery. This is an allegory of lostness and desire. By combining narratives of different media - sculpture, moving image, performance - I try to weave a sweet, melancholic and lost city…
My work is inspired by the significant practice of Situationist International(SI). Sl believed strongly in the potential of drifting (Dérive) through a city as a means of identifying oneself more closely with a sense of personal and political liberty. Motion through urban space was considered a revolutionary act one which one undertook personally, making notes as one drifted, unfolding secret hidden meanings in the traversed city.
