By
using the mediums of collage, painting, video and
installation, I hope to reflect social and cultural
attitudes characteristic of a capitalist society.
My current focus is an investigation into the transportation
industry. Having grown up within that culture,
my work has a strong documentary dimension and
strives to highlight the importance of the working
class in society today.
My current work specifically
focuses on the movement of freight, following the
truck route from Laredo, TX to Kansas City, MO
and then beyond into Canada. The documentary video
work places the audience on the road with cheap
commodities manufactured by multinational companies
using slave labor. By shedding light on the NAFTA
highway, I hope to expose the loss of American
jobs to out-sourcing, environmental consequences
such as the alterations of the land by building
bigger ports and wider highways, and the increase
in poor air quality by truck and freight train
traffic.
