The idea of the artist toiling away alone in a room may not necessarily reflect what many artists do from day to day anymore. The concept of the “artist studio” has a broad range of meanings, especially in contemporary practice. I think that I have been very fortunate in being able to experience so many different cultures and that also informs my work. In retrospect, I believe that I am preoccupied with different forms of public transit because I have spent so much time traveling from one place to another. Since then, I have moved around quite a bit, I have lived in places such as Montreal, QC, Halifax, NS, Dundee, Scotland and finally Knoxville, TN. I was born in Romania but my family moved to Canada when I was nine years old. Tell us a little about your background and how that influences you as an artist. Oops, 2014, installation with screenprints on paper and foamcore, LED lights, cardboard, 5 x 9 x 5 feet I use bright, friendly colours because the content is traumatic. I rely on humour, not only for providing an access point to the viewers, but also for challenging their morality. My work is funny, but car crashes are not – this is a difficult reconciliation in the viewer’s mind. The viewers become voyeurs through the simple act of looking and emulating the rubbernecking that is so common on the roads. We chew things up and spit them back out with no attempt at recuperation and no thought of consequences.

We have become desensitized to this sort of event, to the point of seeing it in a childish manner. In this series, all physical contact is a collision with permanent visible repercussions.Ĭrashes, of all kinds, are trivialized by their frequent appearances across the spectrum of information mediums. I question the way we look at tragedy as well as the way we deal with the aftermath. I explore disaster, tragedy, memory and vulnerability through different mediums, ranging from printmaking to performance, to edible art and printed objects. Finally, current and emerging research hotspots related to TSPDF technique such as catalysis, computer modeling and simulation, pharmaceutics, machine learning, hydrogen storage, battery materials, and layered structured materials are also identified and discussed.Leftovers, 2014, stone lithograph + screenprint, 15 x 11 in The impact of the TSPDF technique is projected to increase due to its importance in probing emerging functional materials, and the advances in specialized facilities and instrumentation among the scientific communities engaged with it.

The research trends based on publication outputs, research subject distribution, co-authorships among institutions, countries/regions, co-citation of referenced sources, and keyword co-occurrence are evaluated and discussed herein. In this work, a bibliometric analysis of literature regarding the TSPDF technique between 20 was conducted using datasets retrieved from the Web of Science database. Thus, it is critical to keep track of research progress, identify research gaps, and future research directions of the application of the TSPDF technique in materials development and discovery. The total scattering pair distribution function (TSPDF) is a powerful and versatile characterization technique for examining the structural details of diverse complex materials including liquid, amorphous, disordered crystalline, and nanostructured materials. Global research activities have been driven by the quest to develop and characterize novel materials for technological advancements.

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