In Los Angeles, driving is a daily prayer, a morning renewal. Twice a day it is the space between home and work. For some, driving can be Zen, a time of control, solitude and power, a meditative state that can only be achieved behind the wheel. For others, driving is a time filled with anger, anxiety, fear and loathing to be avoided at all costs. The freeways, structures designed and built like rivers of concrete, have become Los Angeles’ grand monuments.
This series deconstructs the omnipresent Los Angeles freeway system into its component parts, the built environment and the drivers that inhabit it. This work finds solitary drivers in unguarded moments as they speed toward an unknown destination. The color photographs are meant to feel similar to images of surveillance, voyeuristic moments with information that leads in many directions. Are these drivers experiencing transcendent moments or does the drive simply numb the senses, their blankness representing boredom. The idea of car as a second home, a place of privacy and comfort breaks down as we enter the occupant’s space.
April 24 – May 16, 2010
Opening Reception Saturday, April 24, 5 pm–9 pm
Fabrik Projects
912 E. 3rd Street, Studio 204
Los Angeles, CA 90013
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