The corrosive sublimate/Of vertigo & hurricane
2022-2024

Three-channel video projection, Domino sugar, broken lawn chair, plastic sheeting, neon, faux shells


This project explores Florida's role in sugar production. Fragmented video projections atop Domino sugar, embedded in neon, is metaphorical of Florida's artificial paradise built on foundation of exploitation. The disorientation, a "vertigo," reflects the industry's disruption of the environment and the lives it uprooted. A broken lawn chair, once a symbol of relaxation, sits amidst the chaos, alongside environmental damage. Neon highlights the artificiality of our desire for sugar and the human cost hidden behind its sweetness.

The projections allude to the fractured history of the Caribbean, inextricably linked to Florida's sugar production. "The corrosive sublimate," references a historical disinfectant used in the industry, and stands in for the destructive nature of the crop.

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