TENSION OF CONTROL

My works explores the idea of “control” as underlying tension to the human condition. It informs and shapes the interactions with our surroundings, our peers and ourselves. It is a foundational principle to our experience, rooted at the origins of animal evolution and most evident in the way our brain developed to reduce the world’s entropy into a sensible reality we can experience and dominate. Yet, often times, entropic forces cut through the veil of our consciousness, reminding us of the little agency we actually have ion our reality.

Looking at mythological narratives though the lens of our “tension of control”, I use their fiction to sublimate the mundane experiences of the world, highlighting the precariousness of any controlled environment and the tremendous effort it takes to get past our domineering nature to establish a genuine connection with others.