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I am a multi-disciplinary artist working in film and installations. I start from a macro perspective. I am interested in the ways in which humans think and perceive reality.  In particular, I explore  the models, stories, and boundaries we create for our thinking to explain how the world works, as we grapple with complexity. These concepts might be created by theories, ideologies, culture, or professional codes. I am also interested in what these framings, obscure. What is outside the model?

 My long-form films are independent documentaries focusing on social-activist artists who work and create internationally. These are filmed in observational style. My short-form art films go in a very different direction. They are abstract. I think of film as sculpture. I use the tools of editing software in non-standard, sometimes chance-driven ways. The result is a contrived look, through layering, contrasting, fracturing or degrading the images.