Category: Summative Elective
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Lisa Lee: In Dark Skin
Writes Lisa Lee (2018):
My installation is called In Dark Skin. It addresses the complexities of raising a black male, through the eyes of a mother. It answers the mystery and highlights historical explanations as to why mothers of black boys tend to be protective of their sons. This work includes a sculpture of a mother holding up a shield in one hand and her significantly larger son in the other.
The media includes video projection, as well as sound (original song and word). Each element represents a thing that endangers the black male [Systems designed to destroy black boys, teachers lacking cultural proficiency, police brutality, etc.] This work functions as a stand-alone art piece, as well as a tool for cultural proficiency.
Ryan Vazquez: “She didn’t want you to forget your language”
Writes Professor Marika Preziuso:
Ryan’s film Broken was the final project he did for the Spring 2017 summative elective “Imagining Others: from Strangers to Cyborgs.” In Broken, Ryan reflects on his own and his family’s bi-lingual and bi-cultural background, using a speculative, sci-fiction lens. His inspiration for this work was the poetry collection “Cannibal” by Safiya Sinclair, which we read in class. Ryan graduated in Film/Video in May 2017.