I ground my work in the sentimentality of military paraphernalia as it pertains to my childhood and my experiences growing up in a culture of violence. I am interested in objects charged with political energy, whose symbols and meanings can be displayed through wearing and context. A tank, a gun, a badge of honour are all just props for a war game, but I empathise, romanticise and internalise these objects as a part of myself. This is a narrative of a military brat’s obsession with wanting to be a soldier and systematically building his own badges of defence.

We can all relate, or at least be stirred by, images of guns, tanks, grenades and masks. The icons of violence. They are debris of impact, two things violently smashing into one another, accumulating into stories. On the edge, they are falling apart, limp, like tattered fabric.