Skyway began an exploration in drawing out what was happening within and without me as I observed the relationship between a built and natural environment. I wanted to use the traditional space of the cinema theater in an unconventional ...See moreSkyway began an exploration in drawing out what was happening within and without me as I observed the relationship between a built and natural environment. I wanted to use the traditional space of the cinema theater in an unconventional way by fragmenting the screen into three frames, so that I could work spatially with the idea of distance. East Chicago is an area along lake Michigan connected to Chicago through the Skyway Bridge that crosses the Calumet River. It is an industrial area containing steel and petrol plants, historic neighborhoods and recently developed casinos--a place that was a major part of a chain of production and now part of chain of consumption. As I filmed from various spaces--river and port, hotel and casino, train and car, beach and golf course, industrial complex and bar--a thread of loneliness connected these places. Written by
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