THE NIGHT WAS FILLED WITH THE HUMAN FEAR OF DROWNING, 2016
23 Karot gold leafed frame, inkjet print, brass plate
64 x 44 inches

WE LEAVE OFF THE ENDINGS, 2016
Framed Inkjet print
18 x 24 inches

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.

Still from Portrait of a Young Man

Still from Portrait of a Young Man

Still from Portrait of a Young Man

STANDING STRONG, title of a poem by Ed Roberson, 2016
Vintage Ladder, 481 pairs of boxing hand wraps, the total number of African American men killed by gun violence in Chicago from January 2016 - October 25th, 2016.

110 x 10 x 30 inches

STANDING STRONG (detail)

STANDING STRONG (detail)

CAUGHT A CHILL, 2016
6 wind chime music boxes each playing a an individual Solfeggio frequency, gramophone music box, zipper pulls, chain, yarn wrapped vintage bird cage.
each cage: 14 x 9 x 48"

Caught a Chill (detail)

Caught a Chill (detail)

Caught a Chill (detail)

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