Together We Can Do It, single-channel digital video, 2010

“El Guaraguao en El Barrio” Dimensions Varied. Around nine ft tall and three ft wide for the formless structure. Extending out from the formation is the artist arm with a two ft tall taxidermy hawk. The art is made from found objects, trash, and anything found on a month collection journey through “El Barrio,” New [...]

“Action Jackson,” Video, tennis balls, house paint, bat, baseball cards (edition of 10), cases. 2010 Action Jackson is an ongoing multimedia project that combines personal narratives, ritualistic practice, repetitive obsessions and interests in the American persona. Through performance, video, painting and sculptural residue, Action Jackson slowly builds on his legend leaving behind objects and documentation [...]

“Zombie Weapon #2″ 50x8x6″ bat, screws, resin, nail, metal, and wood 2010 It’s a random Saturday morning, toward the end of another steamy summer in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.  I roll out of bed a bit after 11, a little hung over, and I notice more noise outside than usual as I’m taking my morning piss.  I stumble over [...]

Still frame for “Quote from Andrew Lang’s Arabian Nights” Looped digital video on digital picture frame “All knowledge that is about human society, and not about the natural world, is historical knowledge, and therefore rests upon judgment and interpretation.” – Edward Said www.JustinMata.com