Displacement Detroit (Short Doc)
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In this piece entitled Hand Conversations, is a part of my ongoing series, Displacement Detroit, where I investigate and place the spotlight on communities and/or individuals who have been affected by the removal of spaces and/or residences by city planning and development and tells their story from their perspective. However, in this conversation with my mother, I am focusing on ways to naturally activate storytelling and reflection. As we converse, it is more of a focus on our body language, through these intimate hand gestures, and how it narrates and creates bonding as we share times of our spaces in our once homes. Therefore, as I continue in my document stories, I hope to allow individuals to comfortably share when they occupied a space that they no longer have access to in more ways than one.
hand conversations
Video 5:55
2020
my great-grandmother lived here (Collingwood Street)
Photo Diptych
2019
my papa lived here (Collingwood Street)
Photo Diptych
2019
we used to live here (16127 Fielding)
Photo Diptych
2019