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I am an artist & researcher who uses image, text, and action to forge a direct, tactile & critical relationship with the systems around us. I often use image and text (both created and found) as scores for action, and use action to create image and text. For example, in Mepsche's Grounds I used an 18th-century map as a score for drawings and performances. I am especially interested in the material agency of documents: what power do image and text have in our society?

I am concerned with the protection & maintenance of endangered histories & futures. Themes like heritage preservation, alternative archiving, speculative futures and imagined realities play a large part in my practice. For example, in MONSTER ARCHIEF I am creating a full archive of the 1731 sodomy processes, while also thinking through different archival approaches. I am especially interested in urgency and method: why is it important for us to sharpen the gaze on our pasts and futures, and how do we go about in shaping such processes?

The most important thing is the liberation & pleasure found in learning from/with others. I see the process of learning as a humbling enrichment and expansion of our spirits. For example, in preparation of Rocks, Resting I facilitated different sessions with the performers in which we exchanged our lived experience and learned from each other's life-paths as a group. I am especially interested in dissemination: how can our learning be published and shared with a larger audience?

The learning process, which combines intense research with radical imagination, starts with a process of reading-gathering, and is followed by making various new social connections. I work towards transcending individualistic practice and shaping my work within a networked context. For example, I co-organise different initiatives as part of my practice.I am especially interested in interdisciplinarity: how can people with different forms of knowledge interact and enrich each other's thinking and living?