![]() ![]() These figureheads are present as textile motifs on clothing. The other heads (left to right) are those of elected leaders of the United Kingdom, Nigeria, Mali, and France in the year the image was made. It is cropped so that the only head present is that of the patient. ![]() Like most of my montages, this artwork is intended to be viewed as a slice of actuality. In Dignified Care, we see an image of a person during brain surgery with visitors standing around the patient. I will take you through some of my parallel thoughts and ideas in making Dignified Care. I first went on the record publicly in the 2001 publication of Tokyobook 2 by Palais de Tokyo, Paris, in which artists were asked, "What the role of the artist is today?" To this end of inquiring without answers but with the hope of better understanding and exploring “ an alternative imaginary.” An alternative imaginary is how I explain my approach to making through imagining how we can create tangible change in the world with the resources we currently have. Even if I do not have answers and they may cause temporary discomfort to others and myself. I have long held the position that my responsibility as an artist is to ask questions. I therefore also share the work of my former student, Rebecca Baccardax's Weapons of Mass Distribution from 2015. The risk of creative exploration is evident in both teaching and learning. These risks differ but are all necessary for human quests. Both artistic practice and other types of knowledge require risk-taking. Therefore, I chose to look back to a work from 2005, Dignified Care in which I had started to ask questions that may be relevant to our current conditions. Any response I have right now is likely to be reactive, not reflective. I think it may not yet be a time for me to respond artistically in a meaningful way. ![]() The quality of our thinking is done in the moment and over time. I am choosing to be present, yet looking beyond to a time when we will be more connected beyond the desperate privileges that disconnect us. I am lucky and grateful to personally have the option to shelter in place, though I am mindful that many do not have this possibility. While this is a global moment, we have distinctly different local experiences. I have received requests to respond to the pandemic. ![]()
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