ImmigrANTS
Life is occupied by ordinary, conventional or familiar incidents. Some of them are so normal that become meaningless and get ignored easily. In my works, I try to bring these ordinary instances, to the surface and examine them in the light of their social, historical, and cultural formation.
The ants struggling with a piece of popcorn allegorize the everyday life of ordinary people, in particular, Immigrants. Those who work hard to fit in and overcome the obstacles in the new society they chose to live in; where they are snubbed or simply unnoticed. 
Popcorn's association with the culture of western cinema and Hollywood, highlight the delusion of utopia that -willfully or unconsciously -invite viewer to leave their homeland, seeking that dreamy world; The world that most often is far from the reality. However, the fantasy is so striking or the living nightmare is so frightening that some may prefer to opt for illusion.