As an artist living during the paradigm of climate change, ongoing wars accompanied by the polarization of the world, and socio-political crises exacerbated by the effects of late capitalism, I can not help but wonder about the role and place of artistic practice in the world. Art, it seems, to be the unique refuge that provides us with that liminal and safe space for a challenging and empowering dialogue about the critical issues that touch us all. Art, in these terms, becomes inseparable from the artist's life and their own everyday existence. This means that the expanded form of art, through its myriad of forms, formats, and actions, gains the potential to question, alter and re-imagine the existing order in innumerous ways. 

With this worldview, my interest falls onto the blurred line between art practice that includes social work, domestic and maintenance work, everyday routines, precarious labor and social reproduction, community work, animal welfare advocacy, and many other forms of our engagement with the world at large.

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In my work and research, I play with ideas and concepts at the intersection of material and relational. Many of my projects and the2vvo duo's works spring out of ongoing research on the Anthropocene and human actions' impact on the world and sentient species' well-being. Materiality-wise, Anthropocene formal language is interesting to me with its by-products and materiality presented through junk, abjected matter, abandoned pieces, and found objects. Relationally, I am working in social-engaged practices where I engage in dialogue with different groups of society – aging people, institutionally-confined colleagues, and precarious workers.

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As an artist and a citizen of the world, I am interested in the potential of learning together about complex issues, I believe in playful acts of improvisation, and I strive for mutual-aid-driven collaboration as a form of productive, creative, and political force that gives hope and encourages taking action.

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