Burning Angels
2021

Cosmetic enhancements, though deployed to disguise irregularities, often only enhance our vision of the blemishes and contradictions they seek to cover up. In Los Angeles, sleek and oily agents selling mega mansions mirror the tons of barrels of petroleum extracted throughout the city, often in plain sight. Both real estate and oil extraction have shaped LA into the sprawling beast that it is and continue to lay down the fundament for exciting changes to come. Whether you're a fossilized mammoth tusk, entrapped in bubbling tar for milennia, or a tech mogul buying up exclusive property on reality TV, you're equally embedded in the the gooey substance that coagulates our narrative.

Most days, a thick blanket of smog presides over the city, a dark cloudlike formation. Angels abound.

Concept, performance, editing: Jared Marks
Music: Cocteau Twins
Material: Selling Sunset/Netflix, Found Footage