Title: Citizen Production [Excerpts]
Medium: Conte, graphite, ink, digital collage, personal writing
Size: 20 in. W x 28 in. H
Date: 2020
Personally authored broadsheet reflecting on implicit and explicit forms of violence present within constructs of citizenship.
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Alt Text: Full image of black background and columns of white handwritten text, interrupted by occasional frames of black and white, splattered drawings of bodybuilding scenes done in a combination of ink and conte. Image detail descriptions in following slides.
Alt Text: Upper third of image. In addition to handwritten text, three drawn scenes are visible. One, an extreme closeup of a flexing forearm, fist, and stomach in near darkness, one showing partial views of speedo-clad bodybuilders surrounded by looping graphite lines, and another, a closeup of a face in profile, eyes squinting shut, nose bleeding heavily, blood dripping into gritted teeth.
Alt Text: Middle third of image. In addition to handwritten text, three drawn scenes are visible. One, a closeup of a bodybuilder flexing their pectorals and deltoids, lower half of their face and bared, smiling teeth just visible. Another, a view of a flexing bicep. The last, a hand gripping the bar of a large set of weights, veins taught with effort.
Alt Text: Lower third of image. In addition to handwritten text, four drawn scenes are visible. Two depict back muscles flexing in near darkness. Another scene shows a speedo-clad groin, crotch bulging. The last, a frame split into two sequential moments, with one scene of a flexing neck and bared teeth giving way to a following moment of the figure screaming in effort, pain or rage.