I always adore noticing the absurdity, surrealism in the everyday, as if reality lifts the edge of its curtain for me, and through this gap, I see the backstage of the scenery. Recognizing the surreal edge in the everyday churn of events keeps me from sinking into melodrama over the losses and upheavals that my family, my homeland, and I are forced to endure.
For my projects, I often construct theatrical tableau vivant — absurd, surreal, sometimes unsettling, even disturbing. I prefer to speak with humor, irony, and lightness about painful experiences, about trauma, about difficult themes. I use absurd imagery and references to classical painting so that my narrative does not turn into mourning or lamentation, but instead becomes a means of overcoming trauma and easing pain.
