After four years, I have come to the end my studies at the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Criminalisation is the inability to separate a person from criminality based on their group identity. In this case, black male criminalisation is the inability to separate black males from criminals. Through photography, augmented reality, film, and 3D printed sculpture, the audience is invited to look deeper into our interpersonal experiences and the mental processes that inform them. Depicting black characters reflects the desire, born of my own experiences, to bring to the fore the inadequate and troubling representations of black people in today’s media and throughout history.
SILHOUETTE investigates and displays representations of misrepresentation of black men that has permeated our public consciousness. Decontextualising affirmations, illustrating what it is like to inhabit white-dominant spaces — nuanced statements about simply being.
INSTALLATION - GALLERY VIEW
INSTALLATION IMAGES FROM THE ACADEMY
photos: Charlotte Brand
After-movie with highlights of the KABK Graduation Show 2022.
DIPLOMA CEREMONY
Stichting tot Steun stipend award.
The foundation aims to support students of the Royal Academy of Art. This foundation, financed by donations, enables, among other things, final exam candidates to apply for a stipend. Such stipends offer financial support that gives the graduate the opportunity to develop artistically further. This year six of the stipends were given and I was selected from the photography department to receive it.
Making of SILHOUETTE
Here are some behind the scene images and videos of how the graduation project was put together.
