Sue Montoya - Change Atlas (excerpt) (2019)

Development perpetuates the seemingly endless cycle of modernity and gentrification at the cost of local communities. The geopolitics and history of places emerge throughout my work in the form of photographs, sculptures, videos, and zines. My research draws on architecture, feminism, ecology, and labor (physical and emotional) as means to investigate multiple paradigms and their contribution to the production of places. I hope to create actionable plans, conversations, imaginaries for tackling the climate crisis with new imaginaries in light of the catastrophic imagery already found in the public psyche around climate change. –Sue Montoya