Sound and Vision is an ongoing body of work that explores the phenomena and dissonance between them. My interests in film began years before my life in Beijing, but its vast urban expanse took me into new cultural directions. The city with over 20 million people, over-stimulated my senses. The everyday barrage of bodies, noise, light, smells, traffic and even architecture, messed with my well being. I constantly ask myself "do sounds drive images - or do images cue sounds?"
Standing Room, digital photo on aluminium, 2019
The Skin Between Us, surveillance camera, monitor, 2020
Chuckles, digital print, 35"x45", 2018
Sound and Vision is a body of work trying to reconcile the contradictions between the "sounds" and "things". On a daily basis, I realized that I needed coping-mechanisms. I became a student of Zen Buddhism, learning to slow things down, and detach from over-stimulation, which was only so good. Next came noise-cancelling earphones, hot saunas, wearing all sorts of protection for respiratory, ear and eye (sleeping masks). My senses were being usurped, and my art practice was becoming a form of defence mechanism. Sound and Vision explores how environments alter perceptions.
Long Border, 50"X60" digital print on aluminium, 2014