SENTINELS
Collected debris foraged from demolition sites throughout East Austin
c.2018-2020
The foraged remnants comprising this work represent the disappearance of character in gentrified communities. They stand in defiance towards market factors and other catalysts that deem a neighborhood worthy of exploitation and eventual transformation. They are homages to felled communities and a posthumous forewarning that it is not just a house that was demolished and replaced. Development does not imply progress; it implies change and all but guarantees exile for those that initially make a community attractive enough to sell.