El Volkswagen

El Volkswagen is about the economic, political and environmental destruction of textiles during the agricultural and industrial revolution. The VW is an iconic figure in Mexican culture however; it was created in the 1930’s at the height of the Nazi regime and massive genocide. This work is about acknowledging the centuries of cultural exchange, exploitation, the dark history of rape, genocide, environmental deterioration, the creation of synthetic fibers, the sterilization of women and men who worked in the industrial plantations/factories for the global consumption of the consumers (all of us). This project is a series of 3-life size VWs with audio recordings/music triggered when the viewer walks by.