Otis College of Art and Design L. A. Summer Residency 2018

Title: identity theft: erasure (closed)
H 60" x W 108" x D 7"
Materials: aluminum, masonite, chalkboard paint, acrylic ink, chalk, felt erasers, metal hardware, velcro
(2018)

Title: identity theft: erasure (open)
H 60" x W 192" x D 30"
Materials: aluminum, masonite, chalkboard paint, acrylic ink, chalk, felt erasers, metal hardware, velcro
(2018)

Detail: Slave Names / African Names Erased

Detail: African Languages and Places Erased / Places Slaves Were Shipped

identity theft: erasure
(2022)

In 2022  the  outside panels  were covered with collaged street posters to add texture and additional meaning to the work.   Ancestors of enslaved Africans have had their identities covered for centuries and many of the identifiers (name, language, specific place of origin) of their African ancestry and culture have been covered and/or erased. Original erasers from 2018 have been replaced with vintage erasers.