PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG MAN, 2016
18 minute video recorded with Police Body Camera, 23karot gold leaf frame,
police body camera on gold shelf. Performed by Spencer Hopkins
PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG MAN is a visual song portraying the life and experience of Spencer Hopkins, a young African American man living in Chicago. Recorded with a police body camera, this work seeks to question the camera itself as a mediator between the authority and the civilian.
