2019
R.E.V.O.L.T II, North Hollywood, CA

Part of Print as Protest group show at Los Angeles Valley College, R.E.V.O.L.T II, was a continued investigation and expression of involving viewers in the creation of artwork. Students were introduced to the original concepts of the piece and then invited to take it apart and make it theirs by creating collages out of it. The students deconstructed the panels, finding words significant to them, creating more prints and collages. After their work was signed, the collages and prints were hung up as part of the installation.

Thanks to the Los Angeles Valley College Gallery and Director, Professor Jenene Nagy
Assistance by LAVC Gallery Techniques students Lee Rubenstein, Linda Thomas (photos noted), and Marilyn Ruman

2017
R.E.V.O.L.T, Woodbury University, Burbank, CA

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photo by Michiko Yao
An installation and printmaking performance/workshop focused on engaging viewers in conversation with a simple form of printmaking.  Participants were asked to help with creating R.E.V.O.L.T banners. Participants  were also invited to take artwork they made home. Performance took place at Nan Rae Gallery at Woodbury University January 21, 2017 and February 22nd, 2017.
 Photos below by Nan Rae Gallery Woodbury University
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Photo by Michiko Yao
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Nan Rae Gallery Woodbury University
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Nan Rae Gallery Woodbury University
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Nan Rae Gallery Woodbury University

2016

2015

Mountain Through A Peephole , Box 13 Artspace, Houston, TX
00:05:40, double projected video, drapes with reflective fabric, two peepholes

currently live by the Hollywood hills in Los Angeles, California, but I grew up in Houston and miss its expansive sky.  Mountains were just an idea while living in Houston, but are a constant reality for me now.  The similarities between Los Angeles and Houston are many such as having diverse cultures, urban sprawl, and concerns about the impact of natural forces on its city.  Landscape is a major difference.  Thinking about how natural disasters impact Houston and Los Angeles’s landscape, Mountain Through a Peephole contrasts the two cities’ geography and their needs for preparedness as a viewer experience.

Mountain Through a Peephole is a video installation that inverts the public spectacle of the window display and the voyeurism of a peephole. Often times, viewers encounter disaster events through media; this installation affirms that experience, but takes it for what it actually is – a voyeuristic experience. Presenting the landscape in various states of disaster, a video projection inside the window display illustrates these events as cyclical. On the windows are two peepholes creating a type of camera obscura with hindered views. Looking to the growth of natural disasters in both Houston and Los Angeles, this installation asks, “Are you ready?” Reminding everyone that the big one is still coming.

2010

Chandelier Mosque, video and text installation at Dan Graham space, Los Angeles

Chandelier Mosque is a project that combines video documentation of a mosque with a spatial installation featuring reflective surfaces and the text of our first amendment.
Reflecting on the recent verbal/physical attacks on the American Muslim population, in this installation Estrada presents documentation of the interior of a mosque filmed on the day of Eid, the end of Ramadan, in 2009.  This year, Eid fell on 9/11/2010. A work in contemplation for a year, following the lunar year, Estrada brings this video footage together with the first amendment of the U.S. Constitution to comment on our present moment.  In the video documentation, the camera spins around the interior décor of the construction, then starts to slowly follow the figures of Muslim youth taking pictures in the mosque.  By situating the video and text in an environment of reflective mylar surfaces, Estrada calls attention to the viewer’s own perception in contrast to the filmed images.  She creates a distorted mirror, reflecting the viewer in the close, narrow environment of the gallery space.

2009

When Temples Collide (2009-current), Single Channel
concept animated mockumentary about Frank Lloyd Wright's influences.
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2008

L.A. Killed My Truck (2008), 2 channel video installation, 8:00 minutes
A documentary about the trials and tribulations of a woman’s beloved vehicle breaking down in various locations around Los Angeles.  In the end it gets stolen.
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Landscape Architect (2008), single channel video, 00:01:55.  
Collaboration with writer Joy Harris.
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2007

Cuts, a digital flip book, 00:00:14 secs
Appedeum to Record Cut.

Record Cut (2007), Single channel video, 00:7:35
A mockumentary about an artist’s relationship with her drawing.
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Letter To Me (2007) Single Channel Video,00:10:00.
A Guatemalan Woman recounts her experiences living in the U.S. during the Feminist revolution.  In contrast, her daughter makes statements growing up during that time while she speaks.
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Teetortot (2007), Single channel Video, 00:00:37.
Waking up from a dream.

2006

Ways of Making Love in u.s (2006), single channel video,00:03:20.
A looping video that presents the viewer with a Latin American woman reciting dishes to her blonde lovers. All the dishes recited contain a type of chile from a specific geographic region, making a global verbal map.
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