FIND YOUR WAY BACK: Unmapping Blackness

This project is an immersive installation that explores the multiplicity of Black and mixed identities through material, color, and sound. These symbolic shades form a spatial landscape that invites viewers to move through and around it, disrupting and unmapping linear readings of Blackness shaped by US centered narratives. Each tile functions as a fragment of a larger, interconnected whole, resisting uniformity while celebrating variation.

Paired with a soundscape, the installation becomes an environment where material and meaning converge. The audio component weaves together ambient tones, lyrical fragments, and rhythmic patterns symbolizing the presence of Beyoncé. Her figure is explored through a dual lens—both as an emblem of American cultural hegemony and as a profoundly influential voice within the global Black community. The soundscape complicates and enriches the narrative, expanding the experience of the work beyond the visual.

Clay as a way to shape the world, echoing the legacy of Black Abstractionism. Pop culture highlighting its dual role in both reinforcing and challenging dominant narratives.

2025