Elecciones en la colonia
(13 November 2008) One of the two projects I'm working on simultaneously (I'm still wondering if this will actually end up crushing the rest of my back discs) deals with the Puerto Rico elections, which took place on November 4th, same date as the US elections. The interface of the information gathering phase of the project took place in Facebook. This should not be surprising, I am currently obsessed with it, I even second thought about actually linking the name...
So far, I've got about 400+ screenshots of status, comments, photos, groups, events, and notes concerning the PR and the US elections, not only because they took place the same day, because of the relationship Puerto Rico and the US share. I've omitted names and faces in order to maintain an empathic state of mind, taking the empathy method as framework.
This is an example of what a screenshot looks like with the editing:
I'm planning on do a mental map linking the images by category (I've spent all day categorizing and dividing just 30% of the material... exhausting) for the upcoming MA Graphics Work in Progress exhibition in the MA Studios, in Wilson Road Building, Camberwell. If you happen to be around, you're most welcome to join us. Refreshments will be available!
Lee Thomas Carpenter
Plural
all i want 4 xmas is u
The Youth
yo soy tú tú soy yo / i am you you am i
(15-16 April 2009) The video was recorded at Escuela de Artes Plásticas in San Juan, Puerto Rico, for the part of "yo soy tú soy yo". The sound piece was recorded throughout Old San Juan, taking 35 different voices from people from all ages.
Credits:
Camera - Rachel Hernández-Pumarejo
Lightning - Arthur Asseo
Sound - Jeshua González & Rachel Hernández-Pumarejo
Model - Lorna Asseo
the empathic contract
i am you (before i am that other)
