I see no one, no one sees me
2006

I see no one, no one sees me is a two part installation conceived
in response to and in commemoration of the one hundredth anniversary of
the 1906 Atlanta Race Riot.

The piece occupies two rooms in the gallery space. In one room an overhead
projector is used to allow visitors to select and display from among 100
transparency images representative of the influence of African Americans
since 1906; 100 Black Americans. The second room is used to consider
collisions between the natural order and the material world; Collisions.

Click here for images of people selected for
the project.

Considering the observation of the centenary of the 1906 Atlanta Race
Riot brought a number of conflicting thoughts to mind. The event was not
to be a celebration. A re-enactment was not hoped for. Examining the ‘rights
and wrongs’ of the situation would not have advanced the discussion. What
immediately preceded Atlanta’s riot and what followed are not unique in
the history of Black Americans, or in the histories of countless minority
populations the world over.

This two part work is intended to offer viewers a way to observe the
breadth of influence that Black Americans have had in the past one hundred
years while considering the navigation of natural paths in a culture of
materiality.

Exhibitted at Spruill Gallery, Atlanta, September – November 2006.