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
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 image from video)
Police body camera on gold shelf	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	HE STARED INTO THE MIDDLE DISTANCE, 2016 HD video on 5 monitors in custom wood frames with 23K gold leaf 49 x 120 x 5 inches, 8 minute loop
(Still image from video)	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"

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