Artist Statement

My work explores the intersection of capitalism, pop culture, and technology by adopting the structures of tech startups and incubator spaces in Silicon Valley, critiquing the underlying power dynamics in tech culture. To dissect the pervasive influence of these forces, I created a fictional company known as IN-TECHS. What began as a thought experiment has evolved into an extensive world-building practice that allows me to explore systems of corporate control, consumerism, and digital culture through satire. 

Set in a dystopia near-future, IN-TECHS exaggerates real-world anxieties about corporate dominance, combining urban legends, conspiracy theories, and paranormal occurrences with the omnipresence of branded consumerism. IN-TECHS emerged from the cultural landscape of the 2000s, shaped by the post-Y2K fear of the millennium bug that prompted a dystopian resurgence in contemporary culture. The fear of technological failure and societal collapse was compounded by the 2008 economic crash, which exposed the potential of unchecked political and corporate power. Speculative fiction becomes a necessary tool for grappling with the digital age. 

My practice extends from multifaceted research that pulls from everything: obscure memes, viral cultural events, irreverent information, and highly scientific data. Like an algorithmic AI, I consume, digest, and reinterpret vast amounts of information, synthesizing it into hybridized forms. This method embraces the contradictions of contemporary existence—fact vs. fiction, organic vs. synthetic, biological vs. mechanical—smashing them together to create mutated narratives. By hybridizing conflicting forces, IN-TECHS offers speculative realities that reflect and distort our present existence. 

I aim to cultivate new forms of humans and technological collaborating, exploring the growing interconnection between humanity and the systems we create. My interdisciplinary practice integrates industrial production and digital fabrication processes to create highly rendered works that reflect the quality and aesthetics of tech companies such as IN-TECHS.Through cross-disciplinary collaboration, I explore the intersections of art, science, and technology, developing innovative production methods that blur the boundaries between digital and physical realities.

All of my works are products of the Anthropocene, shaped by the tensions between technological advancement and human intervention. They explore the contradictions of contemporary existence, where progress and intervention often lead to unexpected and, at times, dystopian outcomes. Satire plays a critical role in this process, allowing me to exaggerate and critique the absurdities of corporate, technological, and ecological power. At the same time, the work belongs to the world of the internet. Through this collision between the Anthropocene and the web, hybridization becomes a form of innovation.