My work takes on an empathy machine role, mimicking the playful environment in my studio practice. ‘Why do I enjoy live music? How can I amplify a heartbeat? What does dirt sound like?’ It is questions like these that start a long inquiry line that fuels my material-based sound installations and sculptures. My work explores the sonic qualities of material, form, and interactive play. These traits, plus the interactivity, helps to create a more concrete experience for the audience. Anchoring sound in recognizable forms, such as a gramophone, allows me to connect the seemingly ethereal Sound Object to the physical Material Object. Leaning on the shorthand of functional forms helps frame possible engagement with my installations. The goal is always to share the discoveries that happen along this line of thought. To that end, I play in my studio, creating new connections between form, function, and context. In its broadest sense, the driving force of my work is to reconnect the eyes and ears of the audience with each other through everyday objects, materials, and play.