Interesting question, I think the line between work and waste is thin, at least in my practice. Perhaps it would be more appropriate for me to say if something is activated or not, since it feels that these aspects are constantly shifting into one another and everything has the potential to have a new purpose. I often use discarded materials and fragmented objects as a starting point for a work. Sometimes things click, it feels right and they become activated after several procedures. But often this doesn’t happen and those things stays in a dormant state... I like to bring some of those moments to the show, since it complements and enrich the total experience in my opinion. But there are also some ephemeral gestures in the installation, often with raw materials and fragments from the studio that blurs this line a bit more and bring some porosity into this idea of a precise form for a work.

It’s a little bit of all that. My process is intuitive in a sense that I don’t have a fixed plan. The work is constantly changing and is built along the process. However, I do have preferences based on the context and aesthetics of certain materials. But the choices are never only visual or conceptual; it’s not a binary thing, it has to feel right in every way; it’s hard to articulate this sensation in words, it simply works or not…Most often synthetic and organic matters merge and this fusion can start a narrative even if it’s a very loose and open one. I think my personal experiences and my surroundings have a huge influence on my work and I’m constantly collecting things that are around and catch my eyes for a certain reason, like an old pair of shoes or a rotten branch at the beach. 

I think this process started as a physical impulse of putting things together; to force this encounter of matters that don’t belong and see how they react to each other until they become a new body…  Many times I try to do that in a seamless way, respecting the shape and qualities of a certain object as if it had grown naturally over time. I believe I was referring to that in the quote you mention. Indeed this practice it is for me a way to reflect and transpose my personal and existential questions into a physical thing. But at the same time I’m not trying to send a specific message or want to restrict my work to a certain subject. It’s more like a necessity; a way to release and hopefully what comes out can be strong enough for the viewer to relate with their own experiences.