Working Class Manifesto Part 1
Two room installation. The first room contained a table littered with pamphlets titled, “Working Class Manifesto spread across it as well as a lit candle. In the room, audio could be heard reciting the words from the pamphlet. The audio was in my own voice and the manifesto itself was written by me. The candle was meant to represent the finite time we have as a class to unite before the inequalities we face become to great to overcome. When the candle stops being lit, we fade into darkness.
The second room invites the viewer to walk into the room in darkness where the only senses available to you in the installation is your hearing. In the four corners of the room are speakers playing different voices of individuals from the working class answering questions in their own words pertaining to class struggle. The individuals are all from Las Vegas where I am from and speaks to the nature that even with the glitz of a city like Las Vegas, it is still very much rooted within the working class. The installation was meant to have the viewer go towards the voices to hear them more audibly. In life, I feel we like to keep a distance between us as humans and fail to get to know each other. In turn, we make assumptions for the good or bad. By getting closer and hearing what we have to say as in the voices, we get a better understanding of each other as humans and I feel respect is exchanged because there is more that brings us together than separates us.
Working Class Manifesto Part 2
Two room installation. The first room contained a table littered with pamphlets titled, “Working Class Manifesto spread across it as well as a lit candle. In the room, audio could be heard reciting the words from the pamphlet. The audio was in my own voice and the manifesto itself was written by me. The candle was meant to represent the finite time we have as a class to unite before the inequalities we face become to great to overcome. When the candle stops being lit, we fade into darkness.
The second room invites the viewer to walk into the room in darkness where the only senses available to you in the installation is your hearing. In the four corners of the room are speakers playing different voices of individuals from the working class answering questions in their own words pertaining to class struggle. The individuals are all from Las Vegas where I am from and speaks to the nature that even with the glitz of a city like Las Vegas, it is still very much rooted within the working class. The installation was meant to have the viewer go towards the voices to hear them more audibly. In life, I feel we like to keep a distance between us as humans and fail to get to know each other. In turn, we make assumptions for the good or bad. By getting closer and hearing what we have to say as in the voices, we get a better understanding of each other as humans and I feel respect is exchanged because there is more that brings us together than separates us.