Installation piece to help start more conversations about American Urban Life.  (unable to exhibit due to covid restrictions)

The installation is supposed to be a place to sit down, talk and listen with people from different backgrounds and views. I used found materials from the street or items usually thrown away, to construct the piece. The sidewalk and the objects discarded are reflections on America. I focused on healthcare, the economy and waste. The canvas sidewalk is a vehicle to start a dialogue about the deeply rooted issues in America that can be seen in the systems currently in place.

The couch is made of bubble wrap and packaging material. Couches in American pop culture symbolize family and togetherness, a welcome mat of sorts. For me the wooden crate represents immigrants and the culture that has been stored away. The juxtaposition of the couch and crate, items that can both be used to sit on, is a play on the economic disparity in America. 

I had to really reflect on our society and topics that are deemed as sensitive. Seeing it as its literal physical form of trash, or taking the time to look at it’s deeper layers is all up to the viewer. But I hope I was at least able to reach my goal of starting the long awaited conversion of life in America.