My work uses video to illustrate the imagery of introspection, and explore physical manifestations of consciousness. My most recent work has stemmed from an interest in the road story and the process of travel. Visualizing the hypnotic imagery that comes from a first person perspective of continuous forward motion, and the unfolding of abstracted forms, I have focused on the aspect of the “journey story” that involves the search for a space to think and be lost in thought. Through the movement of travel, one is mesmerized away from awareness of the physical into our mental world, becoming absorbed in pure thought, and enveloped with the imagery of the mind. Jean Baudrillard’s “America” and Lucy R. Lippard’s “The Lure of the Local” have been major theoretical influences for me. They discuss the idea of relating oneself to a place kinesthetically, the importance of place in developing our concept of self, and the meditative qualities of the road. To visually achieve this, I consider the cerebral landscape as a setting with it’s own visual logic. I root my images in reality, often collecting footage in a documentary style, and then manipulating the images in post-production. By blurring and expanding the images they shift from representational to suggestive, focusing on light and color. I often slow down the speed of the images to adjust the viewer’s concentration, allowing them to slow themselves and enter into thought. Juxtaposing multiple channels suggests the non-linear layering of images that occur in memory. My process uses video to create atmospheric works with a strong sense of mood, visualizing how our memories reconstitute themselves in our mental reality. I see my work growing to apply the theories seen in my older work into a spatial and installation based setting. My current research includes Gaston Bachelard’s book “The Poetics of Space,” and the work and writings of Gordon Matta- Clark. I am especially interested in Matta-Clark’s investigations of space as a subject matter, and the tension between the real and the imaginary in his work. Bachelard writes of the house as having importance because it allows one to “dream in peace” and it “shelters daydreaming.” I want to create immersive video environments that are conducive to daydreaming and a meditative kind of thinking. The modern condition seems to be multi- tasking to the extreme, having many thoughts concurrently but not giving any one too much concentration. At times I feel we are running on autopilot. I utilize new technologies for the opposite effect they are used in our everyday life, giving an escape and allowing the viewer a kind of deep thought, the antithesis of the world we live in.