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In Conversation begins as a talk show: characters are introduced, bios are read, the stage is set. Using Reagan's own words regarding black and white and good vs. bad in old westerns, the video details his gross understanding of race and capital (money/punishment). Raegan was a modernist in his implementation of the law. The simple act of touch meant complicity and guilt. The video aims understand the relationship between all three characters.

Raegan could be considered the first postmodern president, and the first to implement neoliberal policies, but his understanding of modernist aesthetics helped craft his language of absolutes.

In Conversation, 2015, digital video, 08:00

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