personal process

For me it's always important to make work that is in some way related to my on experiences (second-hand experiences included). Recently, most of my ideas have come from stories that have been told by an older generation of gay men. I'm able to relate and completely not understand the specific event or experience simultaneously, as for my generation, an openness (a slight one) towards sexuality has emerged. The connection lies within the personal and social differences between my generation and prior generations. What's rich for me is the history: past (not my own); present (my experiences) and future (ritual/tradition) that I can create (or at least in parts).

There's a sort of reflection or moment that i'm interested in creating with my work. There's a balance between my own personal connection with a gay culture as a participant and critic while remembering my relationship to society in general

My process is how i've incorporated the relationship to myself and the topics of interested (mostly revolving around gay culture in relation to sexualty at large). I guess it informs my work as a sort of means to tell a story or highlight a moment. I'm not interested in a direct statement that allows me to choose a side, rather positioning a collection of ideas.

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Thoughts on John Cage's "One11 and 103

I find the process of this film, much like all of his work, to be the most interesting drive behind his art. The idea of "chance" as a way to organize, compose and delete the subjectivity of the artist as a process allows for risk taking that I find most compelling. For me the process, regardless of how it is manipulated, is very important for exploration, discovery, failure and uncertainty. The work is not an end result but rather a journey or a moment in time. Creating moments, emotional, ethereal, etc. allow, for me to experience a deeper connection with the ideas, materials and concepts that transcend through very simplified means.