"I hear music, mighty fine music, and anytime I think my world is wrong I get me out of bed and sing this song" -----b.holiday
There has always been something that drives me to get up and move. Of course there has always been something to keep me down, it's global reality, the action of getting up and moving is essential to human existence. Throughout my process I'm in constant search for strategies that help me clearly understand the ability of humans to 'want' - the angle that I am most interested in - is the position of 'the lover who never gets the one he wants'.
"I want the one I can't have, and its driving me mad" -----the smiths
So then I'm left with creating models that investigate into real tangible methods of getting "my Love" - these devices include: - balladic broadsides - transient architecture - life-size flying contraptions - megaphones - pushcarts - rockets - maps - banners and flags - siege machines.
The creation of these models alone is not sufficient. I have found it necessary to engage them into the public landscape - not only gallery/art space - but into a real context where the general public can also witness some of my solutions to the issue - these interjections are usually executed unannounced - then other times they are staged for the purpose of documentation or viewer participation.
The labor of this investigation has made me realize the romantic transient and clandestine gestures as pathetic -its difficult to realize hope in a time of distress - but then - I get up -and keep walking.
"Yes, I'll admit that I'm a fool for you because you're mine, I walk the line" -----j.cash ---------------------------------------------------cruz ortiz