I work primarily in photography and video installation and use strategies from documentary, journalism and sociology to engage with specific political events in an attempt to observe their effects and suggest alternative ways to write and read those histories.

For example my recent video projects “Leningrad Trilogy” (2006) and “The
Good Life” (2008) investigate the complex public perception of aspects of the cold war both in post-Soviet Russia and Latin America, with an emphasis on perception of US influence and policy. Based on the street-interview form both of these projects foreground the current assimilation of contrasting historical ideologies (namely capitalism/democracy and communism/socialism) and the image of political “heroes” and “enemies” today.

Ultimately I intend my work to reflect on the role of the individual in society and it’s positioning in regard to the state, politics and the media.