My work is driven by random societal observations or an ambivalent feeling, I experience myself as I am intrigued by human contradictions and their origins. I seek out moments that possess an intimate tension, simultaneously soothing and confronting, often involving strangers. This tension arises from providing spectators with a safe space that could potentially collapse at any moment.
I guide spectators as they navigate between contrasting poles, utilizing space and dramaturgy to transition from a pole that induces a sense of safety to one that challenges it. This allows spectators to experience a moment of blurriness that reveals the unknown and unsafe as not that bad. By creating contrasts and juxtapositions between seemingly opposing forces like voyeurism and exposure, solitude and togetherness, or intimacy and distance, my aim is to evoke tension and uncertainty in the spectator. This state of confusion and indecisiveness opens up possibilities for uncharted waters and how things could be.
Background
My studies in Communication Design help me to work conceptually, while my studies in Scenography tought me to prioritize the act of making before overthinking, leading to a more intuitive approach to my work. I realised that my strenght lies in the combination of conceptual and critical thinking and emotion-based intuitive making.
Working in Production Design for movies gives me the ability to work in a short time span, to be inventive, work with dramaturgy and to tell a story through visual means.
My background in Setdesignfor events helps me to pay attention to details and aesthetics.