My work explores memory and archiving, focusing on how we store, encode, and manipulate data. I analyse the digital footprints left by individuals and society, with an emphasis on cities and digital systems as repositories of collective memory.
I travel to cities to gather sounds, images, and data, seeing urban spaces as living archives of shared memory. I use these recordings to make paintings by carving through layers of acrylic, creating pixelated cityscapes based on photos and field recordings.
The installation “Untitled” features e-ink displays that present encrypted personal images collected over decades. This work examines the boundary between private memory and public exposure. We record intimate moments on devices, relying on corporate encryption to safeguard what we would not otherwise share. The piece questions the cost and fragility of digital self-preservation.
The sculpture series “A Paper Crown” explores our relationship with technology. Each crown, constructed from electronic displays and modelled after those worn by European monarchs, highlights how personal data supports modern power structures. The same systems that protect our data also extract value from it, creating new forms of control under the cover of security.
Based in Paris, I transitioned from medicine and technology to art. I continue to use a research-based approach to collect, document, and encode experiences.