Installation Work

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THA BLOCK IS HOT

Five 6-foot-tall Asphalt columns echoing 3yrs of collected sounds of nature and city scape sounds. Rain, lawn mower, my dad telling a joke, sirens, beauty shop chatter and more. Being face to face with the memory of the street.

Contemplating PLAY

wood, basketball, mulch, asphalt, metal chair
series of questions: What is play? What does play look like, especially during adversity, trauma, or grief? How to neutralize space and material-when certain materials spaces and ones body are hypervisible? How to implement play into the social-psychological narrative of adult/hood? How does abstract art relate to or challenge my notion of black identity?

questions contributed to the visual representation of the psychological approach in creating and initiating a space for play- thus contemplating play.

Contemplating PLAY

wood, basketball, mulch, asphalt, metal chair

Contemplating PLAY

wood, basketball, mulch, asphalt, metal chair

The Water Runs Deep

steel, braided synthetic hair

The Water Runs Deep

steel. braided synthetic hair

Comfort Ouut -II

Mixing individual comfort with suppressed external trauma.
lawn chairs, rims, american flag, landscape

Comfort Ouut -I

Mixing individual comfort with suppressed external trauma.
recliner, rims, american flag, flowers, landscape

Shoot Your Shot

making 'goals', dreams a beacon of hope while still being reminded and encountering chaotic societal events of violence.
standard basketball goal, stop sign, lawn chair, american flag, string lights, rim

Red Line Maze

Room Size: 8 x 8 x 8 ft
Creating a physical representation of red lining and the process of human navigation of space and identity.

Red Line Maze

Room Size: 8 x 8 x 8 ft
Creating a physical representation of red lining and the process of human navigation of space and identity.

Counter-effect

4 x 9 x 5 ft
wood, images, black paint, coffee 1960's sit in images

Counter-effect

4 x 9 x 5 ft
wood, images, black paint, coffee 1960's sit in images

Counter-effect

4 x 9 x 5 ft
wood, images, black paint, coffee 1960's sit in images

On every corner

15ft
steel rod, stuffed animals, childs blanket

Innocence

3 x 6 x 2 1/2 ft
tile, paint, sand

Black is in visible

6 x 2 x 2 ft
plexiglass, wood, clay, paint

Black is in visible

6 x 2 x 2 ft
plexiglass, wood, clay, paint

Contemporizing Gothic Cathedrals

SOFA sulpture objects functional art and design SOFA Connect 2019 Contestants
steel,stained glass, curtains, paint, church pews

Contemporizing Gothic Cathedrals

SOFA sculpture obects functional art and design SOFA Connect 2019 Contestants
steel, stained glass, curtains, paint church pews

Back Home and Across tha River

Back Home and Across tha River is based on my lived experience and the historical context East St. Louis, IL. Here, I am honoring a place, people, and play.
This installation is what I like to call a hopeful ritual.. navigating play, safety, and togetherness. As a part of my childhood, choosing basketball as a symbol of home was intuitive. While also countering and intersecting into the discourse of how basketball is perceived and understood in urban and black spaces, I am celebrating the game of choice and chances in my piece.
In all, this is a self, family, and geographical portrait--
grounded and stern in its existence and possibilities.

Asphalt court, railroad ties, sandbags, 30+yr basketball goal from home, family photos, painted mural