FIVE POINT STAR
2009
wall installation
5 Point Star is a variable dimension wall piece, usually incorporating 6 digital prints. It’s a dig into the binding, colonial and commercial ties between the US, Philippines, Mexico, China and Spain, as well as a celebration of the pleasures of flinging shoes as a political/poetic gesture. The 6 prints are archival, and editioned in a suite of 10.
While this project can take multiple forms, the prints are best installed in a pentagram format: I like the slightly occult suggestion of this shape in relation to the slightly occult relationship between these nations, as well as the way in which the 5 point star as well as the pentagon are often symbols of patriotism, militarism, faith, celebrity, and power. The light spots beneath each of the shoe-throwers are also the triangles that would make up the 5 points of a star.