Miroslaw Balka: 'How It Is'

I remember experiencing Miroslaw Balka's commission for the turbine hall, it was very powerful. When I entered the pitch black container I felt anxious and uncertain but then I began to feel almost embraced by the darkness, free and lost at the same time. I am drawn to spaces that make you think why you react in a certain way and give you an experience out of the ordinary making you question the ordinary itself. I liked the ambiguous nature of Balka's piece it made subtle suggestions and it was left up to you how to feel. Due to this, your response is ambivalence, a contrast between trapped and embraced, creating a juxtaposed dialogue with potential to evolve and change. Coming from my interest shelters, I would like to create a space that plays with our perceptions, creating momentary, conflicting experiences where there is uncertainty. Uncertainty and the in-between is what interests me. Transient states.