In Our World We Are Whole

Related Tactics (Michele Carlson, Weston Teruya, and Nate Watson)
vinyl, paint, printed takeaway
2023

In Our World We Are Whole is a project by Related Tactics (Michele Carlson, Weston Teruya, and Nate Watson) featuring a pie chart of demographic data that describes a lack of representation of Black and Indigenous people and communities of color in institutional and glass studio leadership and tenured glass program faculty positions across the field. But we also know that those forces are not the sum total of our existence: we are more than whiteness’s lack. That sliver is only a piece of the infinite creativity, community, and knowledge we contribute to the ecosystem we share. Here we re-situate that data visualization within a Black field that stands in for our expansiveness. Text on the wall summarizes the points in our printed take away that raise critical considerations in building a more equitable field for the future.

In Our World We Are Whole was commissioned by the Museum of Glass, Tacoma for the exhibition A Two-Way Mirror: Double Consciousness in Contemporary Glass by Black Artists.

Exhibition history:
A Two-Way Mirror: Double Conciousness in Contemporary Glass by Black Artists, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA (2023)

image 1 courtesy of the Museum of Glass
additional images by Related Tactics