âThis artwork combines pictures and materials evoking early 1900s American colonialism expansion in the Philippines, as well as present race politics and historical forgetfulness. Archival research from the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis collides with modern protest images, political themes, and textiles. Chroma key green, which is often employed in digital film post-production, is utilized in elaborate hand-sewn clothes, backgrounds, and props such as a 19th Century American outfit, MAGA hats, tiki torches, and fake houseplants. The connection to postproduction and picture manipulation is a clear reference to the building of an American narrative, which is a problematic fabrication in and of itself.â https://www.stephaniesyjuco.com/projects/dodge-and-burn-visible-storage
