enriched
Video installation (2005). 12 min.
Solo exhibition at CSUN West Gallery, Northridge, CA
"enriched" began with my curiosity about divination but was eventually driven by my desire to find comfort in the face of an uncertain future. Throughout the process, I videotaped my visits to readers and clairvoyants, only when they agreed to be on camera. While many of the readers agreed to be taped as long as their faces were excluded, others refused either for privacy reasons or because they believed that the guiding spirits would refuse to communicate in the presence of a camera. Within the intimate spaces the readers created, I sought answers about my future as an artist. Will I make it as an artist? Despite their lack of knowledge about me and my situation, and without any experience on the subject, almost all of the readers I met with were determined to guide my journey.
