ABOUT

In my work, I primarily explore my encounters and points of contact with non-human animals through site-specific installations and video works. It is an exploration of my humanity, of my existence in the world. But it is also closely linked to ethical questions. Due to the objectification prevalent in many cultures, many people have forgotten that our fellow creatures, who inhabit the same planet as we do, are also sentient beings with their own agency, and that we share the same living space. Even though many of them are invisible, they still live alongside us. It is a matter of unlearning and relearning.

I am a trained animal communicator. With this background, many questions arise in my artistic research in a different way. I don’t always view things solely from the outside, but also from the perspective of my fellow creatures, since I can communicate with them intuitively. It is important to me that my artistic practice does not harm any living being and that I can speak for them.

Much of my work revolves around the ephemeral, the transient, and the act of disappearing. Entire works—or parts of them—dissolve over the course of an exhibition, eroding and decomposing due to wind and weather or human interaction. This was the case, for example, with the work “A Little Gesture” at the Museum Centre Pasqu’Art in Biel (CH): Visitors casually stepped on the sunflower seeds arranged on the floor, thereby altering and rearranging the installation. What the viewer perceives as destruction is, in essence, a transition to a new order.

I am also interested in language and how we use words to name things or people. Through language, we inhabit and shape ourselves and the world around us. Do our words and our use of language distance us from other living beings, or do they bring us closer to them? Words form and evoke images and feelings within us. They influence the healing or destruction of our environment. 

Reflecting on my relationship with the living world has sparked my interest in the concept of landscape. Lately, I have been focusing more on landscape and forest, and in my work I explore temporality, landmarks, and the way I move through a landscape—including my own landscape, which I create in my mind. 

I live a predominantly vegan lifestyle. My manifesto: I try not to work with materials derived from living or dead animals, and to ensure that the materials I use have as little impact on the environment as possible.

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