The 436 Project
My ongoing project, 436, is an installation informed by an 1859 slave auction catalog. The catalog lists each person by name and numbers 1 through 436, the order in which they went onto the auction block. This was one of the largest slave auctions in U.S. history.
Upon completion, the installation will include a sound work and 436 mixed-media, textile-based sculptures- embodying and amplifying the stories of each enslaved person listed in the catalog.
As the sculptures are created, they are exhibited in groups of two or more.
Through this work, I am creating an evolving universe, paying homage to my own enslaved ancestors and opening a portal to experience a dignified remembering of these once dehumanized people and their little-known stories.
