Line in the Sand

34”h x 48”w

Our international confrontations have become ever more militant, frequent, and technologically forbidding. Once military interests have drawn a line in the sand, we invoke patriotic slogans, obscure international protocols and heated political rhetoric to justify military intimidations. This piece suggests a scene in the Middle East, Africa, South America, Philippines – almost anywhere – as we face off against the indigenous peoples and create our own rules of engagement.

This appliquéd, screen printed and quilted work incorporated words and phrases taken from the Geneva Accord’s protocol on military intervention, along with excerpts from past U.S. presidential speeches justifying our interventions in Iraq, Afghanistan and more.