Tyrannical Loafers is for me, a full circle commentary piece on big corporations and how they view climate change and pollution. Some of these corporations operate as though pollution mitigation is for another day and they do what they can to get around environmental laws. Some actually engage in litigation to change those laws in their favor, while others simply dump until they’re caught. When a sitting president pushes to change laws that are supposed to protect the environment into laws that do nothing but remove protections, that’s the start of tyranny. Given the history of the world, there will always be someone with money in a position of power willing to subjugate others for personal gain. I chose the metaphor of the powerful stepping on the powerless to give the viewer a feeling of fear and powerlessness under the shoes of those that would oppress. Black pant legs and dress shoes in a static motion of stepping on the reflected face.

Tyrannical Loafers represents all those that keep the world at odds, through politics or war. With further reflection, my hope is that the viewer may realize the nature of this device and that no one should be subjected to tyranny of any kind.