Haiku #1:
FUCK NO I DO NOT LOOK LIKE WHOOPI GOLDBERG, NO I LOOK LIKE MYSELF |
Haiku #2:
INVISIBLE ME DEVALUED, STEREOTYPED YET SOLIDLY HERE |
The word constellation is defined as a “group or configuration of ideas, feelings, characteristics, objects, etc., that are related in some way.” These silkscreen prints render forth related ideas and examples of my various accounts of invisibility, hypervisibility, devaluation, and triumph experienced as a Black woman in America. Building upon the concept of my initial and ongoing project--Language of Invisibility—this artwork presents black text on black paper along with strategically placed words in white to telegraph compelling, layered, and subliminal messages. The text is set in “Atkinson Hyperlegible,” a font created by the Braille Institute specifically to increase readability. I enjoy the paradox of using a font designed to improve legibility and comprehension to render nearly illegible text that illuminates previously unrecognized constructs.
This body of work was produced during my tenure at the 2021 Ali Youssefi Project/WAL Artist in Residence, at Verge Center for the Arts, Sacramento, CA. These four represent a portion of the first set in a continuing series of silkscreened prints encompassing multiple panels. |