Becci Davis

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    Whose Name Was Writ in Water
    16:51

    Whose Name Was Writ in Water

    In this work, the artist interrogates history through an imagined conversation with her enslaved 4th great-grandmother. Water serves as the device that connects them through time and space while she struggles to undo the effects of a history that cannot be erased.
    What It Feels Like (2017)
    02:06

    What It Feels Like (2017)

    This two-channel work is an homage to the lives, struggles and sacrifices of women of color by celebrating the mothers and daughters of a specific family. It is a melancholic, work that combines portraits with seascapes. It is part of a body of work based on the notion that nature bears witness to history and holds the secrets to lost narratives of the past.
    What It Feels Like - Reprise
    02:38

    What It Feels Like - Reprise

    This single channel projection serves as a defiant foil to its companion by conveying raw emotion and a brazen confrontation of stereotypes and attitudes that create the conditions for racism and discrimination.
    Stand Up Speak Up
    02:07

    Stand Up Speak Up

    A video companion to a sculpture that commemorates Jane Tobes and the women of Tiverton, Rhode Island.
    Water Secrets
    03:41

    Water Secrets

    This two-channel video poem describes the final moments her 4th great-grandmother spent at her home in Virginia before being kidnapped and sold further into the deep South.
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