The strange elegance of Zaiser’s monuments is echoed through his drawings and collages. Beautifully rendered pencil sketches of cairns provide a model of authenticity for spatial subversion, their odd linear forms translating geological studies to abstract blueprints. His collages suggest weird ornithic figures that hypnotically oscillate between prehistoric fetish and futuristic design.
Approaching making as a form of dramaturgy, Zaiser’s works operate similar to stage sets that synchronously evoke illusion and reveal the devices of their construction, exploiting the modes of cultural production and reception as co-dependant façade. Blurring cognation and instinct, the corporeal and metaphysical, haptic and conceptual, his projects intertwine multi-layered mythologies – from pop cultural references to historical lineage – using the strategies of narrative as a methodology for creative experimentation and problem-solving.
