"Model Home: A Comedy in Nine Acts Self published, Summer 2017 On the occasion of the exhibition Model Home at Roman Susan, Chicago, IL This publication investigates the practice of staging ""model"" or ""show"" homes as a method for constructing representations of an idealized (white) middle and upper classes. The essay mines personal narrative, pop culture, lifestyle and news articles surrounding the subject of model homes in order to tell a story about mess, debt, and longing to be part of the middle class.  This text was printed as part of an artists' book using 12 pages color laser on cardstock (not shown) and 40 pages green and blue risograph on insulation pink and grout grey paper.   PDF"
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