Squared Lives reflects on what shapes one's place in the world, as much as trying to find, maintain, and even scrutinize it, within the particular confines of an urbanized and digitalized society. Outdoor vistas of colossal high-rises and densely-populated districts, juxtaposed with scenes of indoor spaces – both bereft of personages – document an existence of incessant oscillation not just between physical places, but between mental states as well. Across the mundane and the momentous, etchings – of a survey, inscription, and a symbol – speak of way-finding in this journey through parallel realms, fraught with noise as represented by the static-like abstract pieces. The work touches on the sense of belonging amidst multitudes and conventions, as seen through a personal lens tinted by tensions between the past and the precarious present; the self engaging with a highly demarcated and individualized society, conditioned to take up space in pursuit of the creation of meaning.
