My work uses video to illustrate the imagery of introspection, and explore physical manifestations of consciousness. My most recent work has stemmed from an interest in the road story and the process of travel. Visualizing the hypnotic imagery and meditative qualities of the road that comes from a first person perspective of continuous forward motion, and the unfolding of abstracted forms, I have focused on the aspect of the “journey story” that involves the search for a space to think and be lost in thought. Through the movement of travel, one is mesmerized away from awareness of the physical into our mental world, becoming absorbed in pure thought, and enveloped with the imagery of the mind.

To visually achieve this, I consider the cerebral landscape as a setting with it’s own visual logic. I root my images in reality, often collecting footage in a documentary style, and then manipulating the images in post-production. By blurring and expanding the images they shift from representational to suggestive, focusing on light and color. I often slow down the speed of the images to adjust the viewer’s concentration, allowing them to slow themselves and enter into thought.  My process uses video to create atmospheric works with a strong sense of mood, visualizing how our memories reconstitute themselves in our mental reality.  I utilize new technologies for the opposite effect they are used in our everyday life, giving an escape and allowing the viewer a kind of deep thought, the antithesis of the world we live in.