I Thought I Saw it in the Earth and in the Open Sky

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I Thought I Saw It in the Earth and in the Open Sky

Annex Gallery, University of Cincinnati, OH
2022

In I Thought I Saw It in the Earth and in the Open Sky, I utilize photography, video, and sound to examine the nuances of existing, remembering and healing after sexual and domestic trauma. Through these mediums, I explore how denying the viewer full access to myself and my body can be implemented as a tool to restore a sense of agency that was stripped away with repeated abuse.

Additionally, I investigate the afterness of trauma as a site of liminality, and how I, along with other survivors who exist in this state of in-betweenness, may still find it possible to transition away from the unbearable and incomprehensible pain of remembering and into a place of healing. This place of healing does not dismiss the gravity of these traumas, nor does it pretend that these trauma’s will ever truly go away; instead, it seeks to understand how our experiences as victims can lead us to new ways of knowing, and thus new ways of hoping, dreaming, and living after sexual trauma.

Install views - Annex Gallery, University of Cincinnati, OH
2022