Our own understanding of the past transforms our experience of the present and the present is our own observation point in to the past. In my work I move between the past and the present, between imagined and concrete , both here-and-now and completely somewhere else.

Furnitures and materials abandoned by people have long been one of the areas of interest in my work. The materials and the standards used in these objects shape our understanding of space and the way we live. I rely strongly on intuition when I plan my work. The choices I make are based on the experiences I have gathered during various processes but I try to stay open to new ideas

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