IN BETWEEN
In Between is a series of photographs that displays the surrender of the body to land and the connection that is cultivated between both. As I moved through the rocks of Maine during the summer of 2020, I found myself subconsciously inserting my body between rocks and lying on the ground. I was looking for security, and comfort even, in between tight spaces that were formed through the gradual change over thousands of years.
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In a time where I was in between three cities, and in between thoughts about the past, the present, and the future, the only place I knew that would give me comfort was the land in Maine.
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Maine was a place where I saw myself with new eyes for the first time. From that one summer in college, it has been a place I have longed to return. And it was here where I remembered everything would be alright as I moved through the "in between".
Read more about this series in the North Carolina University publication, Southern Cultures, in their 30-year celebration issue, "Sojourning".
drawn to dirt and rock...my body crept its way in between an on top...
in between — in the streets
nyc, dc, pg, 2020
What I discovered: Street Art is the heart of art.
Read more about my street art adventures in my Artletter. ​​
Quartintine pushed me to an uncomfortable truth about the art world and POC artists. I had been in the art game for almost four years and visited dozens on dozens of galleries and museums in the name of art. The question I continued to ask myself in 2020 was what was the point of making art about Black people, Black bodies, and Black culture if Black people did not have access to it? As I watched Black artists break their way into white institutions with their work, there was still a lack of presence of Black people and people of color in these spaces (except for the security guards and custodians).
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After creating In Between I wrestled with the idea of waiting for this work to be discovered and placed on the white walls of a gallery or displaying the work myself.
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In my newsletter, An Artletter v. 4, I wrote about the influence street art had on my art practice, its history, and the importance of street art's existence.
