CHAIN REACTION | cheryl--pope

One of Many, One, 2014
in collaboration with Youth from Phoenix Military Academy
2 hr 54min Hd Video

ONE OF MANY, ONE is a durational video performance of 25 Chicago Teens from Phoenix Military. Academy poetically illustrating the accumulation of youth lost to gun violence. Each performer provided a self portrait that was air brushed onto “In Loving Memory - RIP” t-shirts.

https://vimeo.com/130978130

Too_Young_To_Die_2_LR.tiff

TOO YOUNG TO DIE, 2014
Fresh white carnations, red roses, foam letters
60 x 60 x 4 inches

BLACK / WHITE BROACH, 2014 (detail)

BLACK / WHITE BROACH, 2014
Faux gold chain hand sewn to industrial felt, foam / wood panel, aluminum,
gold auto body paint
216 x 2.5 x 48 inches

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BLACK / WHITE BROACH, 2014 (detail)

DON'T TIP THE SCALE, 2014
High Polished Clear Coated Brass
107 x 5 x 60 inches

SILENCE THE SILENCE PROTEST BOOK 2014
Special edition hand bound book, white leather, perforated cardstock paper, digital print, vintage brass prayer book stand,
DIMS: 11.25 x 17.25 x 2.5”

Printed on cardstock paper that is perforated at the margin. Book can be performed, handing out each page which then becomes protest posters.

Chapter ONE, titled WHERE IS, contains names of Chicago youth killed by gun violence between 2013-2014.

Chapter ONE, titled WHERE IS, contains names of Chicago youth killed by gun violence between 2013-2014.

SILENCE THE SILENCE PROTEST BOOK 2014

Chapter Two, titled Hear Here, contains protest statements written by Chicago youth responding to the issue of gun violence and systems of power as it affects them today. Both chapters are printed on cardstock paper that is perforated at the margin. This perforation suggests the potential and available removal of these questions, statements, and stories to leave the book format and be made visible.

SILENCE THE SILENCE PROTEST BOOK 2014

One of Many, One, 2014
in collaboration with Youth from Phoenix Military Academy
2 hr 54min Hd Video

ONE OF MANY, ONE is a durational video performance of 25 Chicago Teens from Phoenix Military. Academy poetically illustrating the accumulation of youth lost to gun violence. Each performer provided a self portrait that was air brushed onto “In Loving Memory - RIP” t-shirts.

https://vimeo.com/130978130

Too_Young_To_Die_2_LR.tiff

TOO YOUNG TO DIE, 2014
Fresh white carnations, red roses, foam letters
60 x 60 x 4 inches

BLACK / WHITE BROACH, 2014 (detail)

BLACK / WHITE BROACH, 2014
Faux gold chain hand sewn to industrial felt, foam / wood panel, aluminum,
gold auto body paint
216 x 2.5 x 48 inches

Screen Shot 2019-03-18 at 10.44.44 AM.pn

BLACK / WHITE BROACH, 2014 (detail)

SILENCE THE SILENCE PROTEST BOOK 2014
Special edition hand bound book, white leather, perforated cardstock paper, digital print, vintage brass prayer book stand,
DIMS: 11.25 x 17.25 x 2.5”

Printed on cardstock paper that is perforated at the margin. Book can be performed, handing out each page which then becomes protest posters.

Chapter ONE, titled WHERE IS, contains names of Chicago youth killed by gun violence between 2013-2014.

Chapter Two, titled Hear Here, contains protest statements written by Chicago youth responding to the issue of gun violence and systems of power as it affects them today. Both chapters are printed on cardstock paper that is perforated at the margin. This perforation suggests the potential and available removal of these questions, statements, and stories to leave the book format and be made visible.