BIOGRAPHY

My work is a combination of science fiction meets science fact through an exploration of images created through collected organisms and turned into interactive installations which become active artworks through social media. I mainly focus on viruses, disease and bacteria cells, the unseen invaders of our bodies that are always around and even inside of us. The science fact of my work is that these microorganisms are constantly around us and we are vulnerable to them as well as responsible for spreading them. There is currently a global health crisis, other than Coronavirus, where bacteria are becoming increasingly resistant to the antibiotics which are meant to protect us from them, making them more of a bodily invader than ever before.

The science fiction of my work is in its appearance, taking the unseen and making them visible. I do this not only through collaged images of the bacteria growths that look like cosmic spaces but also with a digital aspect which is where the invasion of the viewer would occur through use of a filter.

To confront people with this unknowingly familiar presence and get them curious about the microorganisms that live within and around us and to make people more aware of how easily they can be spread and the role they have in spreading these organisms is what I hope to achieve in my work.

The technological aspect of my work is important to this idea of spread since my work is seen through Instagram’s camera. It allows the viewer not only to see these unseen microorganisms but also allows the viewer to photograph and share the image thus creating a technological spread.

I want the viewer to be immersed in these cellular images and to gain some acknowledgement that these organisms are not so alien but in fact, live among us.