Empty Pocket Waltz  addresses the similarities between the structure of a contemporary society based around capitalism and the inherently imperial  nature of colonialism. Drawing the comparison between the forced cultural assimilationbestowed unto the indigenous at the hands of colonialists and the barriers that are created around us by  the verynature of capitalist society. Through the use of photographic digital collage and the juxtaposition of valued and devalued found objects, a visual narrative of the evolution from colonialism to capitalism and the complications that have been born from it are subtely revealed.