Projects project

I've recently started a new series of work which expands on the cityscape paintings I've been doing this year. My plans at this point are to create 7± separate installation pieces that will use archival research aesthetics in conjunction with the anti-brush painting technique I've been developing. Each piece will portray one of the most horrific, infamous public housing project disasters in United States' history, which are:

Pruitt-Igoe/ St. Louis, MO
Cabrini Green/ Chicago, IL
Robert Taylor Homes/ Chicago, IL
Queensbridge Houses/ Queens, NY
Jordan Downs/ Watts, CA
Magnolia Projects/ New Orleans, LA
Marcy Projects/ Brooklyn, NY

I've started with St. Louis' Pruitt-Igoe, and am planning to move on to Chicago's Cabrini Green this week.

I want to focus on both statistics and subjective stories and interviews; also, the focus is on the logistics such as architectural design as much as social themes that inevitably pair with poverty. I'm using As many found materials as possible, such as scrap wood and used carpet tacks and nails. I'm enjoying the research of these real-life horror stories and I'm excited to have discovered a topic which is well complimented by the visual qualities of my urban-ruin aesthetic.