My work tries to create dialogues, open doors. The choice of materials is one of the main parts of my work. I try to find materials that have lots of things to say, that have a rich history associated with them, and I just let them speak. I try to arrange them in such a way that they can talk about their experiences, about the history that is connected to them. I find it extraordinary how people can relate in so many different ways to different tools and materials. I have found that, because there is so much history associated with them and because they have their own particular aesthetic, they’re great tools with which to tell stories. I work with materials that I am comfortable with.

Currently, I’ve been using materials that allow me to work with the idea of tension. My work is based, in part, on the feeling that appears when we are faced with something that looks like it is about to fall. I am intrigued by how we react to these kinds of situations: if we just let it go and rebuild a new structure, or if we try to hold, maintain, balance what is mostly gone. It might involve indecision, when we just look at it wondering what we should do, and how we are supposed to react to such a situation. Needles, pins and thread allow me to deal with these concepts. It is incredible what a complex grammar they have, and how differently the pieces turnout by making the slightest changes.

Shadows play a very important role in the pieces. Shadows change, they are never the same. If you are able to freeze a shadow, you are capturing time. Peter Pan got in all that trouble because he lost his shadow.

I try never to produce work that communicates only a single idea. I want to be open to different interpretations and I’m not interested in communicating my own individual ideas. My ideas are not the most important thing. That is not why I make my work. It is not about my persona, it’s about things that intrigue me, and I think it’s interesting to see how people react today and read certain materials, compositions, and installations in very different ways. It is that difference of opinion, the dialogue that it creates, that I find amazing, and so I always try to make sure that I leave space for interpretation.