So An

My work is a reflection of the spaces I regularly occupy, that also lend to the stress and insomnia experience in my everyday life. I make pieces that map out hospital floor plans from my memory, from the arrangement of furniture in lobbies and waiting rooms, as well as the patient rooms through shapes. This mapping is a way to process these experiences. I repeat the same shapes continually, each shape varying in size and thickness depending on the emotions felt during that time. The smaller shapes reflect the amount of tension and stress I am experiencing, while the larger forms reflect a more meditative and dissociative state. These shapes combine to create a kind of visual static, random and constant from afar, but upon closer inspection reveal nuance and texture. The static built by the density of the lines visualizes the condition of my mind caused either by stress or the lack of sleep, and the repetitive strokes and the scale of the piece mirrors the obsession of the process during its making. Combined, the work builds up starting from a single shape, to a chaotic visualization of the thoughts that pulses through my head constantly.