Statement

My practice is informed by Ritual, both as a making process and as a theme of exploration. I’ve always found myself lingering in the archaeology sections of museums, especially around the ambiguous objects labeled under ‘ritual.’ I like to imagine their use. I picture Ritual in its most intense form— a Ceremony, a Performance in which rules of the mundane bend and distort into new ones. 

Within Ritual, objects are no longer confined solely within their functionalities: A spear used in warfare becomes a companion in dance; Its sharp end— once casted in bronze for durability — now a jade stone, carved and polished to perfection; Its shaft, weathered down by combat, now bejeweled in a mosaic of precious stones; Yet the spear remains deadlier than ever, in all its beauty and luxury. It performs war like a memory. It twirls in the hands of its wielder as it would on a battlefield, it cuts through thick plumes of sandalwood smoke as it would cut through flesh. In Ritual, no blood is spilled in vain.

 

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