I am interested in the similar resolutions achieved by impoverished peoples. These resolutions can be seen in the inventiveness of children. Children use what is available with the focus on the specificity of its use rather than the price paid for. There is pure joy that happens from a tire race. The collective joy that occurs relieves a community. As a Jamaican raised child I had no sense of poverty, to the contrary I knew I was wealthy. The same ingenuity occurs with hard up children all over the world, but the sense of community has been dissolved here in America. Differences are exacerbated by capitalist practices within urban neighborhoods. Peoples of the same status persistently alert others as to who is wearing the same shirt again today. This divisive practice continues through adulthood and a culture of separation prevails. Separation lines between nationalities, states, zip codes even shades of skin are promoted from childhood. I am interested in building a community through a culture of unification.

This project reconstructs the ideas behind Eugenics and social Darwinism by using the techniques and illustrations of Pseudo scientists like Petrus Camper to link Caucasians to savages and animals, specifically the pig. This idea of the savage whether “Noble” or “Cannibal”, has been used throughout history to prove the perceived superiority of Whites. This series directly challenges the tenants of the Comparative Anthropology of Petrus Camper, Hitler, the Sons of the Confederacy who took it upon themselves to create savages and sub-humans. This project attempts to balance these notions of purity and superiority of the Whites by linking Caucasians directly to pigs, using a common colloquialism and presenting it as a plausible truth. Even though Camper’s books are widely considered inaccurate today by scientists these concepts have become concrete in Western culture. The rumor said over and over again becomes fact. This series aims to demonstrate the fact that this is a fabricated construction.

In Tandem (2017)