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Mantle found the landscape and infrastructure very alienating and disorienting. “I found its aesthetic monotony unsettling,” he says, “and I embraced that in the work. It was very hot and very sunny—it was August in the desert and day time temperatures were reaching 108°F (42°C). Working like that, especially walking through strip mall parking lots in the desert heat was a strange experience and shaped the feeling of the work.” The area encompasses a very isolated style of living: lots of gated communities, tall stucco walls, shades, and tinted windows on homes and vehicles. “A lot of it is out of necessity to keep light and heat out during the days, but it also felt very closed off,” he says. That seclusion coupled with the sprawl and heat that make pedestrians rare, spoke to a sense of desolation and loneliness amidst all the warmth and brightness. “The sun bleaches everything and it leaves an impression that nothing can survive there without constant renewal,” he says. “At its size and sprawl, in the climate that it’s in, it feels unsustainable.”
By definition, the patriotic ethos of the American Dream has long been argued over as to whether it is a myth or real, and accessible or inaccessible to all Americans. Today, the community of North Las Vegas is a shining example of reestablishment: companies have swelled with the creation of many jobs, and the housing market is booming once again. However like with many of the socio-economic issues that rage through the country, the recovery has been very unequal, and for many, the American Dream will continue to remain unachievable.
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