Told from across the distance

LED string lights and paper & cardboard sculpture
80” x 38” x 60”
2017

Created with support of a fellowship from Kala Art Institute.

Told from across the distance reinterprets an iconic archival photograph from the Third World Liberation Front to understand how movements built on cross-racial solidarity between communities of color are retold and morph in our cultural imaginary across time. The sculptural work draws on culturally rooted celebratory forms–festival lanterns and large papier-mâché–to hint at how these histories have been transformed into larger-than-life stories that at times mask the complexities of those spaces and movements.

Exhibition history:
Earth & Reveries, Kala Art Institute (2017)
Betweenscapes, SOMArts, co-presented by Kearny Street Workshop & Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (2018)

Kala installation photos by WT, Betweenscapes photo by Kathy Zarur