After the death of my father, I inherited all his belongings, including a 1969 Chevelle he never restored. In his things, I found an archive of a life.
While he was alive, we had an estranged relationship due to my parents’ divorce and him living far away, so being able to understand him and excavate his narrative through his archive brought me a sense of closure. Grief and death are parts of life that don’t often get discussed in terms of beauty and existentialism, which aren’t opposites. Going through the process of grief allowed me to appreciate the lives of others, as well as my own, more empathetically.
I use the engine as a metaphor in my work due to my fascination with the classic car I inherited that doesn’t run. Exploring human motivation and choice is the philosophy that underpins my conceptual art practice.
