When do you work best?

I do my best work in the morning.

How has your practice changed over time?

My practice has changed in some dramatic ways over time, including that I was originally trained as a painter and then ended up working predominantly as a filmmaker. Another huge shift is that I left my full-time position as a university professor in 2024 and I'm still trying to figure out what the shape and rhythm of a practice looks like in its absence. 

What fuels you?

The desire to reimagine the world into more livable futures. Also food: eating it as well as making it for people I love.

What material do you work with and why?

At the moment I mostly work in video, Super 8 and 16mm film. The former probably because of ease and affordability and the latter because I still want to work with materials I can touch. 

How do you get unstuck?

I walk.

Where do you find inspiration?

Everywhere. I sometimes refer to myself as a scavenger: I find inspiration in the birds that swarm around my house, in the fall light as it illuminates a crimson leaf, in a song that makes my heart ache, in a painting that renders something ineffable, in a particularly evocative theory.

Who has influenced you and your work?

This is impossible to answer because the list is both too long and producing lists makes me anxious that I will forget someone or something important.

Who do you hope to influence?

I don't know that I have a particular target of influence, but I suppose it's nice to think that I could be capable of influencing someone. 

Why are you an artist?

I don't know how to answer this without using clichés, so I plead the fifth? 

What advice would you give other artists?

How you make the work is as important as what you hope the work will do in and for the world. 

What question would you like to ask other artists?

Have you figured out the secret balance between making authentic work that attempts to disrupt and dismantle power and being financially sustainable?