Swimming to Safety
Paper, ink suminagashi, stencil, accordion book
Artist Statement
Swimming to Safety concerns the movement of immigrants from east to west across the Mediterranean Sea. Reports in the news, journalists’ firsthand accounts of individuals’ stories, and novels about the fragility and heroism of people on the brink of survival experienced while trying to reach a receptive country are the motivations for this small, handheld accordion book.
ICE FOG
Paper, thread, wax paper, vellum, Risograph printing, stencil, gouache
Artist Statement
The images and stencils in this book refer to both the picturesque metaphor and the dominant news reporting of ICE operations in the USA. Fog similarly suggests the masked force and gas-throwing techniques that ICE operatives employ. The Fog of War is a descriptive term that refers to the confusion that accelerates fatal outcomes in weaponized conflicts. Fog obscures, ICE cuts, and facts become random partisan arrows.
Ice and Fog, while quite beautiful, are tools of deception and chaos. This tiny book ponders the conundrum.