ARTIST STATEMENT

I am a lens-based media artist fully immersed in the mystical universe of psychedelic-glitch video art. My work explores the relationship between memory, nostalgia, and psychoanalysis. Having grown up in the early noughties, I am fascinated by the way in which image-recording technology affects our collective memory.

In my last year of studying photography, I developed a strong interest in video and performance, which I have explored ever since. I focus on the physicality of analogue video media and the distortions it creates to explore my perception of the past and early childhood memories. My work is influenced by psychoanalytic theory, specifically the role of the unconscious in shaping our experiences. I utilize personal stories and archives from the 1990s/00s Eastern Europe to create narratives that unpack the impact of childhood on the subconscious mind.

Using outdated technologies like VHS camcorders and pixelated cell phone cameras, just to name a few, I create videos that magnify the lo-fi quality of the medium to produce a playful, vibrant and dreamlike atmosphere. Recently, my work has taken the form of large-scale prints made up of numerous sheets of paper, video projections, CRT and fabric installations, poetry, zines, and lenticular postcards. I also collaborate with musicians to mix visuals live to the fast rhythms of dance music.

In a time dominated by an obsession with blurring the line between reality and the digital space, I choose to focus on preserving the lo-fi aesthetic. My art challenges contemporary culture and asks the audience to revisit their distant memories.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS & PERFORMANCES

2023
International Kurzfilmtage Film Fest, Winterthur, Switzerland
Darkroom Film Fest, Iklectik Art Lab, London
AV Performance, Test Card @Peste, Manchester (Performance)
Open Studios & Interactive Installation, Paradise Works, Salford
MIRA Film Nights presents: Body and Movement, HOME, Manchester
The Silly Exhibition, The Peer Hat, Manchester

2022
Open Studios, Paradise Works, Salford
Videocity, Holden Gallery, Manchester
BREAKING BREAD, Rag Gallery, Manchester
Triple Decker x Modest Show, Paradise Works, Salford
AWOL Studios x Comme Ca Art Exhibition, Manchester
VIEUX @AnalogueTrash, AATMA, Manchester (Performance)
Do Your Best Records Residency, The Old Abbey Taphouse, Manchester (Performance)

2021
Open Studios, Paradise Works, Salford
The Manchester Contemporary Paradise Works Stand
Front Room Fest (Online; Performance)
Postcard Exhibition, Aire Place Studios, Leeds (Online)
STORM Solo Exhibition, The Window Gallery @New Adelphi, Salford

2020
The Next Thing Award Exhibition, Moving Image Gallery, Bury Art Museum & Sculpture Centre (Online)
Vivid Live TV 005, Vivid Projects, Birmingham (Online)
VIEUX Live (Online; Performance)

2019
Open Studios, Paradise Works, Manchester
Charabanc, Horsfall Gallery, Manchester

COMMISSIONS

2022
Project Photographer, Jo Clements: Everyone In This Room Is Connected To Everyone In This Room, Whitaker Museum & Art Gallery, Rossendale
Sounds From the Other City Photographer, Short Supply

2021
Multiples, Paradise Works
MADE IT Photographer, Short Supply

2020
Multiples, Paradise Works
Vivid Live TV, Vivid Projects

RESIDENCIES / PRESENTATIONS / ACADEMIC WORK

2022
Artist Talk @Videocity, The Holden Gallery, Manchester
Hourly Paid Academic, BA Photography, University of Salford
Artist Talk @Art & Media School, University of Salford

2021
WEFT Residency, Short Supply x Islington Mill, Salford

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