2x2 Collective:double consciousness

2x2 Collective - Sandra Stephens, Maria Driscoll McMahon and Ben Altman, with guest artist Carla Rae Johnson, investigate: "A peculiar sensation, this double-consciousness, this sense of always looking at one’s self through the eyes of others” - applying W.E. DuBois' description of the situation of African-Americans to class, gender, race, and sexuality. The show is at the Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY, October 25 - December 21, 2013

Collaboration: Stephens/Altman

Fragmented Narratives: Gordon, Jourdan Anderson and Moses Walker

A site-specific collaboration between Sandra Stephens and Ben Altman, installed at the Art Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY, October 25 - December 21, 2013

Video projection, sound recording, translucent fabrics, mirror, vacuum cleaner
11x4x15 feet

Links to information about images and letters

Images:
http://usslave.blogspot.com/2011/10/whipping-scars-on-back-of-fugitive.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/04/books/review/Letters-t-ASLAVENAMEDG_LETTERS.html?_r=0
http://click.si.edu/Story.aspx?story=297

Letters:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_Anderson
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6369/
http://mbamericana.com/slave-letter

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