My current work and research is focused on the idea of hype, lies and medicine. Through sculptural objects, I use aspects of pop culture, signage, fantasy and reality to bring up dialogues about problems relating to the medical field. Most of my work has an interactive quality that at times tests the viewer’s humanity through creating scenarios where the viewer becomes patient or an environment where the viewer interacts with a patient.
My passion for the medical field derived from growing up around my mother who had type one diabetes and constantly being surrounded by needles and other pieces of medical equipment. In 2008 my mother was diagnosed with stage four uterine cancer and ended up passing away last than a year later. Less than a year later, I was diagnosed with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome that is a disease that is typically passed down the maternal line and going without treatment has a high risk of evolving into uterine cancer.
The relationship that science has to the patient was also huge weight on my mind. Science is one of the most fact based, emotionless areas in our world today but it is dealing with the most emotional part of reality, life and death. In attempt to address these issues within the medical field there is a level of fun and pleasure to the everydayness of the sculptural object while questioning them.
My passion for the medical field derived from growing up around my mother who had type one diabetes and constantly being surrounded by needles and other pieces of medical equipment. In 2008 my mother was diagnosed with stage four uterine cancer and ended up passing away last than a year later. Less than a year later, I was diagnosed with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome that is a disease that is typically passed down the maternal line and going without treatment has a high risk of evolving into uterine cancer.
The relationship that science has to the patient was also huge weight on my mind. Science is one of the most fact based, emotionless areas in our world today but it is dealing with the most emotional part of reality, life and death. In attempt to address these issues within the medical field there is a level of fun and pleasure to the everydayness of the sculptural object while questioning them.
