Biografia
My artwork facilitates the creation of spaces that break habitual order. I believe that stepping outside of routine causes a disruption that allows one to reach a creative domain with a multiplicity of perception. Edward Said calls this state contrapuntal- a way of being with a heightened awareness of simultaneous realities. My own interest in inducing transitory conditions through an artwork is based on my personal experience of relocation. Much of my adult life has been shaped by my achievements and losses as an immigrant to the United States.
Art is an awareness of something greater than us that exists between us: this consciousness represents a relational aesthetics to me. The art-making process allows freedom to transcend cultural and institutional boundaries and the art venue functions as an alternative space for cultural research since it is set at the margins of the dominant values of society. This is an arena to form communities that are constantly shifting and expanding. The form of my recent works is defined through singular narratives and the culmination of these narratives happens beyond words, through participatory action, and the sharing of time and space.
