Artist Statement:
 

I mainly make video works about emotions, mental illness, life, death, and social norms. 

I'm interested in the human mind.

 

Many of my works involve people connected to mental illness. Most of them are friends or people I know well. Through these close relationships, I try to approach aspects of a person that would otherwise remain hidden.

 

When I film, I develop the work through conversation with the participant. I rarely decide in advance exactly how the filming should end. The process sometimes feels like playing a jazz session together. We search, respond, and improvise without fully knowing where it will go. At the same time, it can feel close to the way children play freely. In my work, struggles, questions, joy, sadness, and other emotions often emerge through this shared situation of playing together.

 

I think the human mind is very complex. But I'm not interested in presenting that complexity as something that is simply difficult or easy to understand. Instead, I want to look at the complexity itself as honestly as possible.