Year of the Knife explores the passage of time, decay, and disaster, drawing from a volatile and dynamic year in my personal life. I have translated my own arrival to this unfamiliar city into sets and sculptures—environments on the dramatic edge between destruction and creation—and imbricated them with a variety of materials (thread, bandages, glass, water), in order to become a tourist in a world of my own creation. Each photograph is representative of an environment in the aftermath of annihilation, and captures a timescape of extremity and loss—where the passing of time has allowed for decay to reign high. As you move with each image, a new area of the environment is displayed. The colors and textures become mediums for depicting each portion of the larger narrative, bubbling and festering at each turn. I'm creating this fictional space, while also allowing myself to explore and examine it—the final image becoming my best souvenir.