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Something Out of Nothing Exhibition held in 2018 at the Chastain Gallery in Atlanta, Georgia

Video footage of exhibition.

I am fascinated with the mind; the connections and pathways that develop through experience into convoluted structures. Scientists describe how emotions are imbedded in memories, which make humans “imperfect machines”. Understanding how people make decisions, based on emotional experience, informs my work, how a web of thought develops. My work compares mathematics, or non-emotional problem solving, against the decisions based on opinions. Collective thought forms societal shifts. This is another aspect that I like to grapple with in my work; the power of public opinion.

Process photographs of the exhibition

My process starts in sculpture, beginning with grids, developing patterns into complex structures, until the beginning becomes impossible to find. This is like life, the paths one takes aren’t always anticipated.

The sculptures are used to inform other formats, to continue manipulating the patterns. I am interested in finding mediums to describe the intricacies of the pathways resulting from decisions. Choices are often made on faulty logic because people can’t remember the past as well as they think. The complexities of opinion, how emotions alter rational patterns; the imperfect perceived structures is what the work is about.