2017
Two-channel video, color, sound, 9 min 39 sec
True Red Ruin parts, 2016
Gator board with digital print
Dimensions variable
Missing pieces, 2016
Three cardboard boxes with digital print
Dimensions variable
Pop-up house mailers, 2016
Pop-up house mailers
Dimensions variable
A fleet of ten ships, 2016
Shrink-wrapped shoe flyers, digital print on shelf
16 x 30 x 3.5 in
Lanyard, 2016
Laminated business card, lanyard
3 x 24 in
2017
Digitally printed banner, laminated business card, color photo print, shoe flyer, velvet, walnut frame
49.5 x 52.5 x 2.5 in
2017
Digitally printed banner, sunglasses, color photo prints, velvet, walnut frame
53 x 50.5 x 2.75 in
2017
Digitally printed banner, pop-up house mailers, color photo print, velvet, walnut frame
51.5 x 51.5 x 2.75 in
2015
Hand-drawn digital animation, color, sound, 3 min 45 sec
2017
Pencil and ink on paper, velvet, walnut frame
20.75 x 12.5 in
2017
Pencil and ink on paper, velvet, walnut frame
12 x 12 in
2017
Pencil and ink on paper, velvet, walnut frame
16 x 12.75 in
2017
Pencil and ink on paper, velvet, walnut frame
13 x 31 in
2017
Pencil and ink on paper, velvet, walnut frame
16.75 x 19.5 in
2017
Pencil and ink on paper, velvet, walnut frame
17 x 13 in
2017
Pencil and ink on paper, velvet, walnut frame
11 x 12 in
2017
Pencil and ink on paper, velvet, walnut frame
29 x 29 in
References clockwise from the top:
Elmina Castle and Fort St Jago, 1668 (after a Dutch sailor?)
Elmina Castle and Fort St Jago, 1665 (Eugen copy)
Elmina Castle, 1704 (after a Dutch officer?)
Elmina Castle, 1640-4 (Vingboons copy)
Elmina Castle and Fort St Jago, 1682 (after Barbot)
Elmina Castle, August 1637 (after Propheet)
Elmina Castle, 1704 (after a Dutch officer?)
Elmina Castle and Fort St Jago, 1640-4 (author unknown)
Elmina Castle, January-February 1637 (by post)
2017
Pencil and ink on paper, velvet, walnut frame
29 x 29 in
2016
HD video, color, sound, 8 min 40 sec
IMAGE AND TEXT SOURCES:
Nike Commercials various
Nike Dunk Low SB True Red (vampire) YouTube reviews
Various historical accounts of Tacky rebellion in Jamaica 1760
The Things That Fly in the Night: Female Vampires in Literature of Circum-Caribbean and African diaspora, Giselle Liza Anatol, 2015
Assata Shakur in her own words, open letter to Pope John Paul II, 1998
Army of one commercial “Fight back”, 2003
Chinese Shoe Factory Workers Strike in Guangdong Province, NTDV, 2011
Chinese Labor Strike: 5,000 Workers Strike At Factory Making Shoes For Nike, Timberland, Kenneth Cole; Police Dogs Deployed, 2015
30,000 Chinese Factory Workers Strike Against Nike Manufacturer, 2014
Hansae to build apparel factory in Haiti, The Korea Times, 2015
PERFORMER:
Celma Neto
PRODUCTION:
Cinematographer, special effects and sound mix: Sharad Patel
Colorist: Ryan Nguyen from Huephoric
Lighting: Nadji Films