Why do certain places stay etched in our memory? I remember walking through Menton on a hundred-degree day, seeking shade in its meandering staircases and maze of winding streets. The heat was oppressive, the kind that makes you search for every sliver of shadow between buildings. And then we descended onto the beach and looked back at the city from down below. A mirage. It didn’t seem like something built by human hands. This sprawling chessboard of colors and shapes ascending the mountain....

This week, Brookline.News published a feature about my work, and reading it made me realize how closely the different parts of what I do have become intertwined. The article begins in Venice, where my work is currently part of BOREANA: Isola del futuro, a satellite exhibition during the Venice Biennale. My double-sided piece contrasts a foggy Venice with the intensely colorful island of Burano and is partially submerged in the lagoon, allowing wind, water and algae to become collaborators in...

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