ABJECT TRANSACTION
THE CONTEMPORARY PROCESS OF RACIAL MYTHMAKING
THROUGH THE ACTIVE CURATION OF RACIST OBJECTS WITHIN ANTIQUE SHOPS. SINCE 2017, WE HAVE BEEN TRAVELING THE U.S. MAKING ENVIRONMENTAL PORTRAITS IN THESE LOCATIONS WHERE TIME IS FORCED STILL, PLACES THAT HOPE TO PRESERVE THE COLONIAL LEGACY OF THE U.S. IN EACH ANTIQUE SHOP, THE STORIES OF WHITE SUPREMACY AND COLONIZATION ARE PRESENT NOT ONLY IN THE OBJECTS THEMSELVES, BUT SPECIFICALLY, IN HOW THESE OBJECTS ARE PURPOSEFULLY PLACED. IN DIALOGUE WITH THE MUSEUM OF RACIST OBJECTS, A PROJECT BY DR. DAVID PILGRIM, ABJECT TRANSACTION'S AIM IS TO INTERROGATE THE CURATORIAL PROCESS THAT OCCURS IN ANTIQUE SHOPS WHERE RACIST OBJECTS AND THE PUBLIC CONVERGE.
DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY, 2017 - ONGOING.