Hi ya'll,
I don't often follow blogs, but there's one that I love to read, especially if I'm feeling particularly vulnerable and in need of a reminder that the same feelings, thoughts, and struggles that I experience, other womyn also experience.
This is one post that I recently read:
"In the world we must build, justice would not mean targeting their black bodies with state violence, but an intimate healing of our communities' beef with each other, a conflict that ultimately comes from white supremacy and patriarchy. Justice would be a world where boys of color don't have to mug me to survive, to be men."
http://www.blackgirldangerous.org/2014/01/broke-broke-crime-black-brown-living-unity/
I've recently been looking into contemporary artists that either make work that I love or their process of making inspires me. Here is one, Ana Serrano, a sculpture and installation artist from Los Angeles. The short film is of her installation at the Rice University Art Gallery.
http://www.anaserrano.com/
Enjoy!
ps. I also loooove the jewelry by local Chicago designer Desiree on her online store Mano y Metal, check it out! http://manoymetal.com/
the piece from black girl dangerous was super intense. her language and compassion around the incident are amazing. made me think of some local activists who engage in similar work. there is actually an event at hull house this wednesday with some folks who do similar work around prison structures problematics. check it out: https://m.facebook.com/events/803446223004836
ReplyDeleteI really liked Ana Serrano's work. It reminds me a little bit of Pepon Osorio's work. But because she chooses these specific objects and images, as well as construct them herself there is a whole different level of meaning created.
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