"The goal of my work is to engage the participant in a way that
the experience transpires beyond the time they are physically with the
work. Successful art lingers in the mind of the viewer evolving from
as a series of questions into a heightened awareness of self and
society. It is important that my art ask questions of the viewer
rather than give answers. I see this as the delicate detail that
allows art to stand alone in a field of social influences and control
mechanisms. Most of these structures [propaganda, religion,
government] elicit control over people by telling them what to do and
what not to do, resulting in blind servitude. Art is my means to
counteract this process. Incubating creativity and opportunity, I hope
to inspire the actions necessary for society's survival as well as
exposing that which threatens to destroy it."
-Lauren Sammon