My work creates objects and moments that examine the role humor plays in culture. I'm a smiler, a laugher, and a joker. I giggle when nervous. When I'm happy, I outright guffaw. What’s behind humor is what I explore by stripping it down to punch lines and jester persona. My viewer is invited to approach aesthetic with a broader palate of experiences than moderne concept or post-contemporary gestalt provides. The tools I employ are comedic— the slapstick of Keaton, Chaplin, or Ball, the piercing wit of Ernie Kovacs, or the esoteric frenzy of the Situationists.

Although my work is not always funny, it often pinpoints the moment when the structure of humor and the structure of average life collide. My physicality calls for its own props, from high-heeled clown shoes to my own clown car, making my work typically of the comedienne, no matter where the source material comes from. In my process, I pull the slapstick* out of the everyday situation and listen closely to its crack. My own physical abilities and limitations in relation to the reverberations become the work itself.

*Note: A slapstick is an object that was used in Vaudeville. It was a stick with a kind of clacker on the end. When hit against something backstage, it made a loud cracking noise.