TOOLS OF REDACTION: CODE

This work investigates the arc of western humanity by offering new paradigms chronicling Black women within its historical narratives. It is my argument that the past and current received mythologies of Western civilization are revisionist history.

Utilizing mixed media, popular reference, taxonomic, diagnostic and religious text as source material and traditional and experimental tools  of redaction and erasure, I engage viewers in visual discourse that reinserts Black women into the fundamental lexical blocks that build American narratives of creation and morality, while maintaining the integrity of the source (in situ).

My work theorizes and codifies radicalized understandings of identity, acknowledging the complexities of the oppressive heritage of Western civilization, while celebrating Black women as a fundamental building block/source of civilization.

Code Series: A Genesis

24×36

Vinyl, wood dowel 

Using in situ redaction and erasure, this work uncovers a narrative of creation that centers women’s role in the christian mythology of creation.

Study – CODE: Uncovering Genesis Series:

4 – 11×17 laser cut Baltic Birch Plywood, laser etched matte board, audio

This series of in situ redactive codes are an excerpt of a larger work,  decoding the Christian mythology of creation. 

CODE: Day 4

16×23.5

laser cut Baltic Birch Plywood

How does time and context affect how a message is received? This panel is a performance installation, investigating art as a tool of redaction of nature over time. 

CODE: Uncovering Sat Nam (collaborative work)

These works were created specifically for the Womxnhouse Detroit Fall 2022 Exhibit, from original work from Randiah Camille Green.