PEOPLE CONTAINED IN A CONFINED SPACE

Medium: Acrylic, graphite and watercolor on paper

Size: 385x525mm or 15.2x20.7in

Date: 2018

In People Contained in a Confined Space, I create a rule where fewer letters corresponding to more access to resources. The letters in the names of Los Angeles neighborhood are compressed. I use the cramped letters as a metaphor for population density. In this sense, a neighborhood with more letters to their name experiences higher population density than one with fewer. In this case, the neighborhood of Palms with 5 letters to its name has low population density while Harvard Heights with 14 letters has much higher population density.