In The Dark, We Lose Our Edges is an immersive installation created for the 15th edition of the Sharjah Biennial. This project consists of three ceramic busts set in a sea of blue sand amidst freestanding faux boulders and surrounded by a 2100 sq. ft. immersive wall painting. This surreal landscape is accompanied by an original soundscape composed by Chris Pattishall and encircled by 8 large-scale diptychs that combine cyanotype and watercolor processes. The total work is an homage to the trickster and shapeshifter figures that interrupt legibility and corrupt the colonial imaginary.
In The Dark, We Lose Our Edges
Exhibition view
15th Sharjah Biennial
Three Secrets Of A Tsunami
2022
Ceramic, gold leaf, epoxy, spray foam, acrylic paint
36 x 24 x 24 inches
Three Secrets Of A Tsunami
2022
Ceramic, gold leaf, epoxy, spray foam, acrylic paint
36 x 24 x 24 inches
Three Secrets Of A Tsunami
2022
Ceramic, gold leaf, epoxy, spray foam, acrylic paint
36 x 24 x 24 inches
A Fugitive Sun
2022
Ceramic, gold leaf, epoxy
24 x 18 x 18 inches
A Fugitive Sun
2022
Ceramic, gold leaf, epoxy
24 x 18 x 18 inches
Three Questions Of A Tsunami
2022
Ceramic, epoxy, acrylic paint
36 x 24 x 24 inches
Three Questions Of A Tsunami
2022
Ceramic, epoxy, acrylic paint
36 x 24 x 24 inches
Three Questions Of A Tsunami
2022
Ceramic, epoxy, acrylic paint
36 x 24 x 24 inches
In The Dark, We Lose Our Edges
Exhibition view
15th Sharjah Biennial
A Temporary Understanding Of John W. Cooper
2022
Watercolor, ink and cyanotype on paper
72 x 72 inches each
A Temporary Understanding Of Octavia Butler
2022
Watercolor, ink and cyanotype on paper
72 x 72 inches each
A Temporary Understanding Of Ellen Craft
2022
Watercolor, ink and cyanotype on paper
72 x 72 inches each
A Temporary Understanding Of Yma Sumac
2022
Watercolor, ink and cyanotype on paper
72 x 72 inches each
A Temporary Understanding Of Samuel. R Delany
2022
Watercolor, ink, collage and cyanotype on paper
72 x 72 inches each
A Temporary Understanding Of Kool Keith
2022
Watercolor, ink, collage and cyanotype on paper
72 x 72 inches each
A Temporary Understanding Of Grace Jones
2022
Watercolor, ink, collage, and cyanotype on paper
72 x 72 inches each
A Temporary Understanding Of John the Conqueror
2022
Watercolor, ink and cyanotype on paper
72 x 72 inches each