Paradise Hell, 2020

Model Turf, Photographs, Paint, Foam, Wire, Sand, Wood.

Untitled (Superfund), 2020

Model Turf, Photographs, Paint, Foam, Silicone, Wire, Wood.

Untitled (Falling), 2020

Model Turf, Photographs, Paint, Foam, Wood, Wire

The miniature dioramas illustrate “migrant momentos”— like the writer Lia Purpura claims, “small enough to take with you out of a burning house or any other form of disaster”. They are a series of misfortunes and personal stories encapsulated in between the forms of a theatre set design and the qualities of a home book shelf. These miniature landscapes are based on recent walks in my home of Puerto Rico, and references to ever increasing inaccessible landscapes “as seen from above”, a popular news media trope of reporting on disasters with an eye for totality.