Trouble in the University of California

Prophets of Profits was a collaboration between fellow undergraduate student Eveline Shih and myself intended to provide an open dialogue which was not present on UCIÕs campus between administrators and students. We began faxing a number of unsolicited documents to all fax machines located on campus, regarding issues as the rise of fees, the questionable appointment of University Regents, the Los Angeles rebellion, Juror profiles of the LAPD officers in the Rodney King case, and other local issues.
The faxes continued from April to June, and in June had a one room installation which concluded the project. The installation consisted of copies of all faxed materials in a slide presentation, symbolic representation of the RegentsÕ inaccessibility, a wall of interaction which could be written on as a message to the Regents, and cartoon panels with clues to the mystery our University system works under. In the center of the room there was a conference table with representations of the UC schools, in the form of puppets, a reference to the manipulation involved and the powerlessness of Students to administrate their needs. Cones of silence hung overhead representing the secret meetings held by the UC Regents, creating a visual reference of possible KKK or dunce caps.