My practice engages with digital media and its ability to affect how we express empathy and perceive reality. I utilise the language of digital culture to reflect on the absurdity of screen-based living and the odd behaviours such a lifestyle encourages. Blending dread and humour, my installation, 'Try Normal Life Maxxing,' is a collection of sculptural and time-based works that speculate on the social and material impacts of digital technology.The title is a nod to 'looksmaxxing,' a term originating in niche online forums, used to describe tactics to increase one's physical attractiveness in a game-like pursuit of status. Often such forums are based around extremist rhetoric that had the capacity to breed ignorance and violence in the off-line world. I use a variety of media in my practice, most often resolving my artistic queries through performance, video, and installation.
