Distance of Deepness

My work deals with resistance in various ways. My research and investigations are focused on the transformations and adjustments of living and non-living things, ideas, and perceptions caused by social circumstances. Dealing with such subject matter, my work tends to explore possible ways of immunity and adaptation, inasmuch as resistance equals growth.

I am very conscious of my roots. As an artist, I am intrigued by Mongolian tales, riddles, and proverbs, which make me aware of how Mongolians have constructed an intellectual communicative mindset that derives almost completely from their livelihood and surroundings. Because of this, I now investigate the socially constructed taboos, rituals, superstitions, and habits that often go unnoticed in everyday life. Such things are changing rapidly, so my aim is to create a dialogue between the past and the present.

I place myself in environments where given meanings shift and I have the opportunity to question their essence. I’m especially interested in the concept of reincarnation: how the process involves different states of being. So much of our world exists in a state of potential transformation and meets resistance in the acts of growth and survival.

My attraction to found or retrieved materials may be reminiscent of the arte povera movement, but I consider the ideas and issues I address to be almost timeless and very much tied to contemporary life — just as previously encoded understandings change and become hybrid versions of their former selves.