About my work:
I alter and document objects. I cut
out photographs of objects, I scan them in, re-photograph, enlarge
the photographs and present them as sculptures. I integrate them in
three dimensional objects, sculptures and installations.
I investigate the physical relation a
viewer has to an image or object. For example by blowing up a photo
you can hold in your hand up to the measurements of a human body.
I change the hierarchical position of
objects by changing the scale. The (artistic) value of photos and
objects is reconsidered by combining them and by putting them in
different contexts. This way banal objects become icons and vice
versa.
I combine in my work the trivial and
the mysterious. Everyday objects are what they are, but at the same
time they have a symbolic value. They refer to other objects they are
connected with because of similar characteristics. By repeating form
and material I show unexpected connections between objects. I play
with the associations an image recalls and I investigate the
monumental qualities of everyday objects.
I use methods as photography and
installation to unravel the visual language of for example
advertisement or different landscapes, and develop a visual language.
The photographed object becomes an object again (and represents its
origin) when I show it as a sculpture or present the images in three
dimensional collages. By making physical changes to photographs, I
focus on the material of a print and question the illusion of space
in a flat image.
The presentation of the
work has started taking on such a big role, that it sometimes takes over the
presented. The base (pedestal or wall) becomes the artwork itself,
sometimes leaving the objects or its documentation superfluously behind.
