Gus

Paper collage
70 × 100 cm
2025

From the series: “The Backseat Gaze.” The Backseat Gaze is an exploration of perspective, memory, and the restless anticipation of the journey. In a car, the driver’s attention is fixed on the road, while the passenger in the back seat is free to dream. To “gaze from the backseat” is to exist in a state of pure observation—where the world is not a map, but a sequence of textures, colors, and motion-blurred forms rushing past the glass.

This series of five layered paper collages was inspired by the film Drift, which begins with a family’s urgent midnight escape from the city. As an artist deeply connected to board sports, I feel a strong affinity with this pursuit of a lifestyle defined by flow and motion. The works capture those “in-between” moments where that lifestyle begins: in the car, on the way to the water, watching the world shift through a window.

By physically layering paper, these memories are constructed to echo the feeling of a long road trip—a collection of fragmented moments that ultimately condense into a life-changing arrival.

The Traveling Companion. Named after the puppy in Drift, this work focuses on the view through the rearview mirror and side window. The dog’s silhouette becomes a constant, comforting presence, sharing the small, cramped space of the back seat with the travelers.