Free Trade Free Fall Free Do(o)m in the Market Arcade atrium (Held over from Part II of the UNCOMMON TRAITS Exhibition) As the world moves into a global economy, Free Trade policies shape its future. My concerns surround the lack of information and discussion by the general public on Free Trade, an issue which will forever change the roles of nations, corporations, and labor, and directly effect individual lives around the world. FREE TRADE FREE FALL FREE DO(O)M - j.chang made in the U.S.A. adapts the format of a large advertisement banner. The banner ties together the issues of trade, fall and freedom, and places the artist in the commercial industry, identifying her as a manufacturer, and emphasizing the country where she produces rather than her assumed culture.   -Jackie Chang   Jackie Chang is an artist living in Brooklyn, NY. Born in Taipei, Taiwan, she spent most of her youth in California where she received her BA. in Environmental Design from the University of California, Davis in 1986. She completed her formal education at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (MFA, 1989). Her recent achievements include an In the Public Realm Grant from the Public Art Fund in NYC for the completion of a public art installation of colorful outdoor awnings which played on the humorous clashing of cultural diversity. She is currently working on a permanent work for a NYC subway station through the NYC Metropolitan Transit Authority. Thanks to the Buffalo Enterprise Development Corporation for their support of Public Art projects at the Market Arcade Complex.   PUBLIC ART - Market Arcade Complex 617 Main Street Buffalo NY 14203