ME.NY.NC

Ranging from childlike experimentation with plastic, to overt, unresolved statements about modern America, this body of work—ME.NY.NC—is a jumble of experiences and observations living in pre-pandemic american non-sense.  Whether it is nostalgia for a childhood in an apartment complex in Maine or utter shock at a South Carolina attraction selling “Pedro’s Africa Shop” fanny packs, each piece tells a story of my journey down the coast of America.

Maine. New York. North Carolina. (ME.NY.NC) is broken into two movements: the first being a movement from Maine to New York. From a place where blackness is rare and nature is respected, to a place where blackness is commonplace and nature is forgotten. The second movement is from New York to North Carolina. Two places where distinct, unanswered, historical realities have lead to similar, modern, racial-inequities.