My work fuses the tactics of ethnographic filmmaking and DJ mixing. My video projects explore how cultural histories are represented and memorialized in public space – from the built environment to media space.
I am also interested in how audio/visual sampling techniques can function as both a tool of liberation and cultural imperialism, reenvisioning source material while also stripping it of its original context.
These explorations in video installation and live audio performance have informed the direction of a recent project, The Collection Agency, a web-based repository for visual ethnographic research. Encompassing personal photo documentation and online image search results, The Collection Agency is a photoblog, a research center, a revisionist text, a media sampler, and a cultural snapshot. www.the-collection-agency.org
