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My work focuses on creating relics that carry stories beyond the individual. I explore how we search for a connection to something greater. My inspiration is drawn from mythology, folklore, archaeology, and digital cultures, and especially to unknown authors. Anonymous stories that operate in the margins between fact and fiction. Their narratives do not follow straight lines but collide, generating new meanings in a controlled chaos where truth blurs. A work often begins with a fragment that transforms during the creative process. As stories change and details fade, context dissolves and hybrid narratives emerge that reveal the complexity of collective memory. These relics are rooted in social and political tensions and aim to foster unity as well as stimulate critical thinking. Each work functions as a symbol, a memory, and a catalyst for transformation.

The visual outcomes are a combination if materials with digital technologies, results in immersive installations. Through the combination of object, interaction, movement, and sound, works are created at the intersection of visual art and storytelling. Three archetypal forces guide my work. These archetypes form the foundation for the stories I tell:

1. Chaos: an emergent, unknowable force of nature

2. Order: a dogmatic, structuring principle

3. Transformer: a spiritual force of renewal.