Residual Images renders the ordinary unfamiliar, unsettling, or disorienting by decoding commonplace objects and images within their familiar settings. By enlarging, distorting, or dissecting these elements, I highlight their often-overlooked significance. More crucially, this approach allows for the placement of familiar objects and images into new contexts, thereby critiquing their aesthetic and cultural implications. Residual image refers to how we now live in a world where “the real” is inseparable from the image-driven sphere of digital life. How has our fragmentary, media-saturated environment altered how we see and understand the world? What are the consequences of a reality increasingly defined by simulation, where physical experience gives way to constructed perception?
My work operates within a technological matrix to visually explore how the saturation of technology (production, communication, etc.) affects us as individuals and as a society. In this sense, my work addresses not only the evolving place of the machine in late capitalism but also co-opts the machine itself, using it to explore the kinds of narratives and allegories it enables us to produce about ourselves and our perception of the world around us.
Drawing, traditionally revered as a medium imbued with notions of truth, authenticity, and the intimate expression of the artist's vision, serves as a foundation in my creative practice. I view traditional drawing not merely as a static form but as a dynamic starting point for exploration. These initial drawings, rich with the artist's immediate intent and tactile engagement, undergo a transformative process through various contemporary tools, software, and machines. At the same time, AI is not used in any stage of this process.
This hybrid approach, melding the tactile qualities of traditional drawing with the precision and versatility of modern technology, allows for an exploration of artistic possibilities. By reworking and evolving these drawings through various digital and mechanical processes, I aim to bridge the gap between past and future media, creating works that reflect traditional craftsmanship's enduring qualities and contemporary technology's innovative potential. This fusion not only honours the historical significance of drawing but also pushes its boundaries, generating new forms of expression and insight.
