Comment on white segregation housing policy and the never affects it has on all parties.

Upon moving to NE Portland from Arlington, VA in the Washington, DC Metro area, I noticed squashed malt beverage cans during my daily walks to the bus stops en route to work or during bike rides. I began collecting them.

I was upset with the glossiness of the marketing and how the inexpensive high alcohol content of the beverage is designed for a lower income demographic. It felt like poor Black people were being preyed upon and it seemed that an indication of this being prolifated was by the sheer high value of these cans across the neighborhood that I had moved. Tongue-and-cheek I transformed many of them into necklaces and called them 'found fashion' a play on found object art, unethical business practices, and haute couture.

In hindsight, I realize the role I individually played in the gentrification of N/NE Portland as I moved to NE Holman and 7th Ave. in 2006 to pursue art and in turn worked to support people experiencing homelessness working in a men's shelter.

This image was in a group show at Firehouse Interstate Cultural Center.