Earth & Sky (Common Ground, part one), 2022
Video, stereo soundscape
In memory of
Sojourner Truth (c. 1797-1883) Maria W. Stewart (1803-1879) Flora Tristan (1803-1844) Harriet Tubman (c.1820-1913) Mother Jones (1837-1930) Giuseppina Martinuzzi (1844-1925) Tarabai Shinde (1850–1910) Lucy Parsons (1853-1942) Anna J. Cooper (1858-1964) Mary Church Terrell (1863-1957) Kamini Roy (1864-1933) Queen Muhumuza (c.1870-1945) Charlotte Maxeke (1871-1939) Rosa Luxemburg (1871-1919) Sarala Devi (1872-1949) Sarojini Naidu (1879-1949)
“Like King Solomon, who put neither nail nor hammer to the temple, yet received the praise; so also have the white Americans gained themselves a name, like the names of the great men that are in the earth, while in reality we have been their principal foundation and support. We have pursued the shadow, they have obtained the substance; we have performed the labor, they have received the profits; we have planted the vines, they have eaten the fruits of them.”
Maria W. Stewart, from ‘An address at the African Masonic Hall’ speech, February 27, 1833
Earth & Sky was inspired by and is an homage to the early pioneers of intersectional feminism. It was first shown in Lamparna, Labin, as part of the multimedia installation Common Ground, at the 4th Industrial Art Biennial (May-July 2023)
