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My artistic practice is rooted in documentary methodologies and shaped by a background in journalism. Working across film, photography, and text, I approach documentary as a subjective and reflective process rather than a neutral representation of reality. My work is informed by my cultural background, having been born and raised in the Global South, and by an ongoing engagement with personal, social, and political histories.

Central to my practice is an investigation of memory as a constructed and relational process—where individual recollections are inseparable from collective, historical, and ideological frameworks. Rather than focusing on factual accuracy, I am interested in how events are remembered, narrated, and transmitted over time. Interviews function both as a research tool and as a collaborative space, allowing me to engage with communities while foregrounding voices shaped by specific geopolitical and environmental conditions.

Text plays an essential role in my work, operating alongside images to articulate narratives that remain unseen or unresolved in visual material alone. The texts I produce are concise and self-contained, yet collectively structured to form a layered narrative. This approach allows multiple temporalities and perspectives to coexist, emphasizing fragmentation, omission, and subjectivity as meaningful strategies.

I frequently work through site-specific and public-space projects, using context as both material and framework. These projects allow me to engage critically with place, history, and audience, and to explore modes of presentation that extend beyond institutional exhibition spaces. Through this practice, I seek to create works that function as spaces for reflection, dialogue, and critical awareness of how memory, environment, and power intersect.

In recent years, my research has focused on urban transformation and environmental change. I examine how cities develop in response to economic and political forces, with particular attention to questions of power, inclusion, and exclusion—specifically, for whom urban spaces are constructed and how these transformations shape everyday life. In parallel, my work engages with environmental change, especially global warming and its geopolitical implications in the Arctic region.