Artist's Statement: "My work is concerned with how the media and communication theory impacts the viewer and the message behind the art. All too often, political or philosophical distortion can deliberately increase the signal noise and undermine the semblance of truth. By appropriating and modifying the original source, I can use the same techniques of media and political fiction to achieve a message which is never fixed in its meaning. For example, the original source photograph can be refashioned into a low-resolution, heavily pixelated image with a reduced number of colors in its palette. Another example is scanning the original source material and cropping a very small section which gets blown up to full resolution and more pixelation. The techniques are essential for showing how much authorities, whether a politican or artist, never choose to play with a full deck to the viewer. Also, I am an exponent of DAM, otherwise known as the Disposable Arts Movement. Here one tries to incorporate "disposable" or recyclable materials to bring into question the holy permanence of art as an archival form. In fact, DAM artists would be using techniques of mass production especially photocopying to increase the sales volume while providing an ironic critique of the methods of capitalist realism. By making art more affordable to the general public with lower prices, the message of these types of Conceptual Artists can reach a wider audience than ever possible, thus breaking down the barriers of elitism and cliches of power."