Constructing America - a photo series
My work revolves around the idea of construction, both physical and ideological. As a Ukrainian immigrant my sense of construction is informed by an experience of manual labour (literally working in construction jobs) and education (my degree in American Studies). These poles establish the parameters of my process. America constantly creates and updates models for itself and others to follow. This continuous building is not about finishing, but being constantly active. As a result, life becomes about a process of building rather than outcome, and construction becomes the definition of life. With this series I am not interested in capturing a 'realistic' photographic portrayal of something that is being built but rather in constructing an image of that process from whatever sources I have captured. As I document and analyze different fields, my work is to come up with a new understanding of how complex systems work.
My all different interests and fascinations as they happen. Here I present unfinished work as its being laboured over. The photographs here are like sketches some are more finished then others.
Documentary Series - Imagery of Toronto bike culture
Examining the nature of self powered transportation and the people that choose to ride it. People build, alter or buy their bicycles to fit their lifestyle to present something different something more, to change how we see our streets everyday.
2012 to present
Video collection of my documentations of other people's art work, features all kinds of works and all kinds of ways of documenting it.
Created with a purpose of exploring the creation of art in the now
Not a straightforward documentations but more of a creative examination of the kinds of art people create.