Sister Cities (2006)

Sister Cities consists of a series of 3D anaglyph images shot in different locations around Los Angeles. The central symbol of the piece is the Sister Cities signpost, located near City Hall. Rather than marking a spot or providing immediately useful information, the Sister Cities signpost points outwards in many directions to places thousands of miles away. In this sense it represents an important characteristic of Los Angeles - a sort of center without a center, a place in many ways defined by its diversity. The sound is intended to extend the metaphor (to other times, cultures, states of consciousness, etc.), consisting of recordings made while I was shooting the images as well as samples of recordings from TV, radio and the internet.