Art is nonverbal making it hard to reveal the relationships between the art and everyday life. Ruais describes her work like the terrain in which it stems from. To experience the pieces n the virtual realm Ruais communicates her work to appear like mapped images of places, of movement, of experiences by turning the horizontal experience into the vertical. Ruais is playing with gravity and endurance to capture the life of an ephemeral piece.
In postindustrial civilization humans take and never think of a reciprocal relationship with our Earth. We are animals that survive on the earth’s resources, but how can we give back? Ruais calls into question our roll with the relationship, with reciprocity to give back, by exploring through the material, and the environment to provided her a place to dive deep into what matters to her.
The narrative established by creating art in the middle of the dessert does not belong to her, yet carries the information of the location. By allowing play to happen and inserting meaning where we can will an understanding be welcomed. Ruais admits she found her voice through age and by letting go of doubt.