Artist Statement

We live in a time where we are constantly encouraged to approach the world in an extremely conscious manner. Important components of reality are appraised by their tangible and explicable qualities, while we inversely blind ourselves to the numinous that surrounds us. In many ways technology has contributed to this myopic approach to the world, as we have tuned it to be an endless source of indulgence and measured success. In turn, we feel helpless as these systems intentionally create an illusory sense of autonomy and standardization. The paradox of a free world is the commodification of all data points, and we participate because of our natural inclination to connect with the social spheres that encompass our reality. The artifices we interact with daily seemingly built by a horizontal structure of worker bees are actually facades to a preordained manipulator who acts within the grounds of mass appeal and avarice.

We are handed books and listen to podcasts that proclaim the transcendent path is led by a shift in mindset, but these solutions are nothing more than circular logic that lead us back to where we started without the practiced agency we actually need to move forward. The only way out is behavior and belief. To be proactive and to carry a presence that notices the objectively incongruent nature of our paradoxical world. There is the reality we observe in consciousness, and there are the shreds of pixie dust that comprise its bounds. Neither more real than the other, but one affords a way of moving that is both universal and personal. There are symbols that appear across time and space, and there are those that emerge internally, where some of us have discovered a path that weaves these visions into an integrated mode, and others are still sifting through the sands of their consciousness while their dreams whirr by.

My work seeks to create a bridge for those sitting at the precipice, and a playground for those who have already fallen into it. Technology is my paradoxical personal symbol that I use to generate a cultural vision through playful participation and interpretation. I refuse to accept the measures of success and scale that are often attributed to software through shallow metrics and pseudo economics driven by simple behavioral theory and manipulation. I use the breadth and sharpness of my technique to dissolve its value into nothing more than the effect it has on the experience. My technology wants nothing more than to promote the idea that these tools are a means to connect with reality, and to discover new beautiful things about oneself and the people around you. The technology I create is the reflection that seeks to expose the unconscious and spiritual when there is no need to think within an experience that is inherent in form.

My work is also a practice, one that is constantly prodding what is available and integrated. I rarely focus on one technique, and instead focus on designing a map of interactions built with simple tool based channels. When I am not working conceptually, I am breaking down the components that make me the most efficient. Efficiency within technology is one of its objective strong suits, in that in many cases the speed of achieving a goal can be more illuminating than the goal itself. We tend to think in terms of concrete ends, but when one is acting with presence, there are often discoveries within action that shift end goals through their intermediary implementations. AI tools have served to amplify these aspects in extreme forms. Work that once took weeks in both time and mental effort can now be realized in less than a single hour. The focal point of designing technological systems has completely shifted, and now the process of writing code is less valuable relative to planning and elegant design. For me this is both a dream and a nightmare, where the way that I channel effort has changed in a direction that I objectively prefer, but also leaves a void in the behavior and personal measured success that I once carried on a daily basis.