Welcome to the Death of White Manhood (WDWM)

In this current political moment in AmeriKKKa (but in many senses globally), we are witnessing the decline of a white male dominated and controlled society. A turning of the tide, indicated by an increase in the normalization of public displays of racist, sexist, xenophobic and nationalist rhetoric I am declaring as the death of white manhood. From torch wielding white mobs defending statues of confederate soldiers to 52% of American White women voting for a self-confessed sexual predator, the rivets of the US(S) Capitalist White Male Supremacy are failing, spelling ultimate doom for the republic and proposing to drag all of us under with it. The work contained in WDWM is a declaration of the this phenomenon as well as an invocation into the void that is created by this particular moment. Less declarative in its propositions of what is to fill the void, the work seeks to create an environment in which to use a Black Queer Feminist lens as a guiding force for deciding what is next. The work hopes to invoke participants into creating new forms of tomorrow and beyond.

Using woods, light metals, ink, handmade paper, large photographic prints and sound, I hope to craft a reflective environment that spurs contemplation and a sense of possibility for a prosperous future. The signs, sculptors, videos and sound directly address the audience with the subject matter, while using hints towards theoretical Black Queer Feminist thought as a point of departure to help them envision a new world.

WDWM is an installation made up of (4) 38” x 73” photos printed on duopoint silk, hanging from painted conduit supported by handmade found wood brackets. They surround (2) 6’ x 6’ found wood portals covered in hardware cloth with hand grown, handmade corn, tithonia and abaca paper with corn and dry pressed sunflower inclusions layered on. Projected onto the structure is 4:15 collaged projection, while playing above is soundscape that includes found sounds as well as my (4) of my vignettes written during the projects creation.