The following description comes from the event organizer.

Portland local Samuel Eisen-Meyers latest is an immersive, multimedia installation that walks viewers through a meditation on the psychology and deception of United States domestic imperialism.

The result will be hosted at COHO Theater (January 5-16, 2022).

Everyday in Oregon, we inhabit imperialism. In “Walking the World with this Fire ,” (short films, physical installation, large scale painting, light and sound design, 3D fabrication) E-M provides space to reflect on our condition and reality. Visuals, like a painting of Christopher Columbus adorned in police regalia, suggest how explicit imperialism has adapted and morphed over the centuries.

Deception is a pillar of the imperial project. Will we question the nation-state? Expect to be unsettled as you are invited to decipher the status quo.