Concrete and Steel Cosmos | 2007
“… Austria intersperses in his works a plaintive and visual soliloquy on the march of progress in the city landscapes and the fate of its people. He rues over the blaring cacophony which emits from videoke bars, the squalor under dimly lit streets, the sky marring sights of on-going or abandoned construction projects, and the heavy downpours that wash the city over and below from the overhanging smog. He yelps at the collusion of bulky buildings and their shadows erected under a BOT (build, operate and transfer) government contract. He casts a sullen look at the burning patch of small Filipino owned stores to be banished forever and to be replaced by giant malls and banks.” ~ Joey Hisamoto
