“How do you plead?”
42”x33”
Collage (printer paper)
2022
Documentation & expression of my car crash
I started this piece by scanning the instructions, and then I began to manipulate the scans by shaking, dragging, and twisting them. This process allowed me to tap into all of my emotions that I had been withholding from when I accidentally ran a red light, to pleading guilty in court, and to performing community service so my case may be dismissed. I used 24 scanned documents to create this work and to represent the 24 hours of community service that I performed. I also used scanned images of my keyring that held the keys to my totaled car, as well as the car air freshener that I had bought and placed inside it. Moreover, I scanned my face to depict the emotions I felt being stuck within my consequences and wishing I could have changed the events of that day.