In between the worlds of absence and presence, there exists a netherworld where the structure of the world is a superposition of its foundational elements. This existence between worlds implies the freedom to evolve, metamorphose, and constantly change in response to its surroundings.

For my world, the foundational elements are philosophy, mythology, physics, and architecture. These four pillars allow me to venture into research about ecology, materiality, site specific narratives, as well as science fiction / speculation about the future of this species and its consciousness.

Whenever I come across an interesting material or narrative to explore, I always transport this entity into a parallel reality where the laws of the current reality do not apply. This allows for the themes of expansion, contraction, dissociation, distortion, and surrealism to take over.

My research and body of work broadly looks at the paradox of absence / presence within our reality. This includes looking at perceived reality and the invisible entities and energies surrounding us. I use materials that are brutalist in nature. These include using cement, plaster, metal, raw textile, as well as found materials.

A collection of writing, installation, printmaking, film, and sculpture go into rendering my work. This collection of materials creates an ecology of entities. I study the histories of materials, their significance to the site of exploration, the site specific narratives associated with it, and use this information to extrapolate a new world where these materials possess mythological, metaphysical and metamorphic characteristics.

I am influenced by Mark Fisher’s idea of ‘The Weird and the Eerie’ (2016), where the weird and the eerie exist between reality and fantasy. Existing between worlds, my ideas are a combination of what is and what can be. With one foot in reality and the other in fantasy, I explore an alternative way of thinking where boundaries are blurred between science and science fiction.

Drawing a huge number of ideologies from scientific principles like quantum physics, astrophysics, patterns of the cosmos, I explore the otherworldly presence of absence, and the weird state of existence through non-existence.

The structure of the living world is broken down into its foundational elements which are then transported into the imagined parallel world. Through the materials explored, I narrate a story of collision between absence and presence, between reality and fantasy, and between the material and the immaterial.