My artistic practice is based on an interest in the image and in manipulating it. I often start with a found photograph or a collage. Then I build a chain of operations: I cut, layer, distort, crop, and change the colors. I am more interested in working like an editor with existing material than directing a scene and inventing my own characters.

 

I see the image as a physical object that can age, break down, and fade. Often, my starting point is a feeling of a special «aura» in an image. Its surface, layers, noise, pixels, and texture become part of the work. I am interested in different forms of image distortion, both analog and digital, as well as the look of amateur photographs.

In my work, I use existing popular images and change them. I am interested in the moment when the original image loses its first form but is still recognizable.

 

I love the image. That is why I change it, manipulate it, and even abuse it. It keeps asking: «Will you still love me like this? What about like this?»