My work reveals the complex relationships between humans and industrial space. I investigate this entangled exchange through multimedia compositions that map how I and others perceive the same environment. Working in the fashion industry exposed me to the inner workings of garment production in Los Angeles. Designed to prioritize efficiency, garment factories can create conditions where employees are perceived—and sometimes perceive themselves—as components of a more extensive mechanical system.

I’m a graphic designer, but my job occasionally requires me to step outside my primary role and venture into the field. I visit the sewing factories and dye houses, and notice this dynamic when I engage with the people working there. While in the field, I began to understand their experiences and how we are both involved in the same mechanical system. I realize the privilege of my condition gives me distance from the perpetual demands of the factory.

Confronting my relationship to this space forces me to address my role in power structures, economic frameworks, and the dehumanization of labour. My position in the supply chain brings uncomfortable truths about my connection to these ethical dilemmas. But it’s not that simple. There are other truths besides my empathetic discoveries. Hence, this concept of entanglement: the ambition to excel in my field and my connections to capitalism add to the complexity of my involvement. My lack of power to initiate change in this industry sits next to my lack of motivation to do so. The psychogeography of industrial space traps me in a recurring state of liminality: caught between empathy for factory workers and my own complicity in capitalist systems.