Motta, Carlos

ONLINE

The Good Life is Motta’s expanding online archive of over 360 video interviews conducted with pedestrians in the streets of twelve cities in Latin America, regarding what the artist describes as “individuals’ perceptions of United States foreign policy and its history of interventions in the region, local democracy, leadership, and governance.” The archive can be searched in a variety of ways, for instance according to the content of the questions or the demographics of the respondent, thus serving as a sort of census of the large and diverse response about the local repercussions of the political, economic, and military actions of the U.S. Viewers can also make their voices heard by contributing answers to the central query of what constitutes the good life.

The Good Life 2005, ongoing