
It’s Personal. 2018 - 2021.
Don’t we have at least some consensus on how people should treat one another?
I wonder if it’s possible to understand politics better if it’s viewed through the lens of personal relationships. That’s the impetus for these pieces. I distill political conversations into into simple forms (dialogue or a plea from one person to another) to see if I can shed light on problematic viewpoints. Everyone has room to improve something.
The pieces started simply as text, then became works on paper, then a little video, and most recently, a comic strip.






M. Ruiz-Kim. Video. Us Talking, 60 sec, (turn on audio). Audio is from border recordings of children Texas 2018, May Day in Chicago 2006 (credit: Ignotus at Free sound.org), refugee rights protest London 2016. "Say it Loud Say it Clear" "Refugees are Welcome Here" "¿Que queremos?" "Legalicicion"
#empathy #listening #immigration #refugees #reunitefamilies