For many of us living in Los Angeles, a great deal of time is spent in a car traveling over the 650 miles of freeway and 22,000 miles of surface streets that make up this city. How does this affect us and our relation to each other? Not only are we traversing these highways, but we are also hurtling past thousands of others going 80 mph. The installation Strangers in Paradise gives us a glimpse at these people. The photographs capture a moment of solitude and stillness on the road. The words are an attempt to define a shared truth. The people are destined to drive off and disappear.
Bonita Makuch is an artist, independent media maker, and editor of reality television living in Los Angeles. After being raised on a dairy farm, she received her BFA from The Cooper Union and her MFA from the University of California at San Diego. Her eclectic body of work seeks to disrupt how narratives come to define us and our pleasures by exploring the intersection between the body and language. She has shown her work in International Film Festivals, galleries, and on television. Her recently completed feature documentary The Cucumber Incident premiered at The Museum of Modern Art and has aired several times on The Sundance Channel.
bonitamaku@aol.com
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