| The Visitor series utilized pre-existing containers (boxes, trunks, cupboards, etc.). The interiors were fitted with custom-designed and fabricated compartmentalized trays, shelves and drawers. These interiors were mapped out with mathematical precision, crisply tooled and painted in fresh luminous colours, playing off the aged exteriors. The compartments remained empty, allowing the viewer to imagine what they might potentially hold.
Taking design cues from the containers themselves, the interiors were transformed into minimalist, sculptural explorations. While referencing utilitarian storage systems, the interiors shifted into the realm of architectural models of grand spaces such as theatres and stadiums. As the works developed, I began to see them as portraits and titled them to reflect the personality type/relationship role characterized by the resulting juxtapositions.
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