ARTIST STATEMENT

They say that the only things to survive the apocalypse are cockroaches… and student debt. Positioned as the ultimate survivor, cockroaches exist in the cultural imagination as both pests and omens, a reminder of the systems and structures humanity leaves behind. In the wake of disaster, the cockroach survives by scavenging, adapting, and mutating in response to its new environment. 

Drawing from scientific data, internet culture, and conspiracy theories, my work uses information as material. Much like an algorithmic system that consumes, digests, and reinterprets vast amounts of data, my work synthesizes this information into hybridized forms. Through processes of collection, translation, and fabrication, data is transformed into physical objects that merge biological, technological, and cultural forms. These hybrid structures emerge through the collision of disparate sources, creating speculative artifacts that exist between organic and synthetic, fact and fiction, and natural and artificial. 

My digitally fabricated sculptures and installations explore the intersection of capitalism, pop culture, and technology. Emerging from the Anthropocene, a period defined by humanity's dominant influence on the planet, I construct speculative narratives that exaggerate contemporary fears surrounding corporate dominance, ecological instability, and technological dependence. My work draws 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. The work reflects the paradox of the Anthropocene, which exposes humanity’s capacity for both innovation and self- annihilation.