In my work, I focus on film and architecture. I create architectural models of buildings or interiors, which I stage cinematically. The result is empty, “stage-like” spaces that largely do without text or language.

The foundation of my work is lost or bygone utopias, heterotopias (realized utopias), or failed places. Before each new film project, I begin with extensive research, delving into various media, or traveling to the locations, meeting people, and conducting interviews.

In my films, I primarily address the failure of utopian architecture, the revival or activation of such spaces, as well as the affectivity of the built environment that surrounds us. The model plays an essential role in my work. The model exists in an intermediate state between idea and reality. It offers a preview or a retrospective, deceives the viewer, and unsettles them. Film is, therefore, the medium for architecture, as it creates and connects spaces where none exist.

The media of architecture and film open up a field of action and play, providing space for my inquiries into the relationship between utopia and dystopia.