Digital chromogenic print. 30 inches x 30 inches. 4 Editions + 2 AP Prints
Single Channel HD Video and Super 8mm Transfer
18:56 min TRT
20 x 20 Archival Inkjet Print. 4 Editions + 2 AP Prints
24 x 36, digital chromogenic print mounted on Dibond, with acrylic assemblage
4 Cement Cylinders with metal on 4” X 4” cement Indoor floor vinyl adhesive.
I knew that I wanted to explore object-space experiences,
Immateriality, form, perspective, composition…
Material Culture. Architectural landscapes. History…
–Christie Neptune. Narration excerpt from Constructs and Context Relativity: Performance I.
Single-channel HD video and super 8mm film transfer. TRT 18:56mins.
Performance 1 draws from research conducted during a one-year fellowship in New Haven, CT. In Performance 1, I examine the site of a closed community center in the predominately African American neighborhood of Dixwell to highlight the significance of "place." Concrete columns made from cylindrical molds; photographs in abstraction, and disparate industrial materials filtered through assemblage and documentary recall the physical remnants of a community cultural marker, developed during an American era of social improvement and urban revitalization. Through recorded performance, I explore space as an abstract of material objects activated through the presence of the body and social history. I ask: how does the role of "absence" and "presence" transform the social dynamics of place?
Photo by Jason Wyche. Image courtesy of BRIC
Video Still (Super 8mm), Constructs and Context Relativity: Performance I, 2019