Art can engage in a manner that allows us to re-view and re-think particular social, historical or political. Both the viewer and the situations can be altered; art can actually affect change; not merely address it. Social critique, politics and the human condition inform my art. I have worked with subjects as varied as rape and its resonances in women’s lives, forced expulsions due to political situations around the world, the lives of the Palestinians under occupation, the reality of life in refugee camps in Western Sahara, the Inquisition, terrorism, identity as well as other social and political themes. For my research, I have traveled to places where people live in dire conditions including Gaza and the West Bank, the Strait of Gibraltar, and the Western Sahara refugee camps near Tindouf, Algeria. As a Fulbright Scholar, I spent six months in Spain which led to a 20-year investigation into the subjects of forced expulsion, diaspora and the Inquisition. More home-based work critiques both the past and current social and political climate here in the US. A collaboration with Francesc Torres, ‘Parabola da Abundancia’, was shown at the Museo Do Pobo Galego, Santiago de Compostela, Spain in 2017. An homage to the women who harvest shellfish from the sea along the Costa da Morte this work also references the effects global warming is having on their micro-economy. The original concept was mine, and we collaborated on photography and video production and the installation design. I was responsible for all post-production on this work including editing both sound and video. Why do I make art rather than engaging my research and interests in another manner? I know of no other activity that can effect people on so many levels. Art has the unique ability to engage on visceral, psychological and physical levels, especially multimedia installation.