Films
Forever Your Girl acts out the loss of childhood innocence and desire through a hypersexualized subject attempting to ride a carousel kiddie ride. Black girlhood is often an accelerated path to becoming an adult where innocence and bodily agency are denied and any attempts to return are simultaneously deemed inappropriate and unobtainable. While inspired by soft-porn aesthetics, it defies the anticipated imagery and familiar mood of pornographic content. The scenes are similarly disorienting with flashing lights, glamor aesthetics, and slow repetitive actions.
Assistant Director: Lucas Kane
Lighting: Darresa Rodriguez
Music: C. Spencer Yeh
Screenings/Shows
Touch Me on the Inside and Call Me By Name, solo exhibition curated by Sarah-Tai Black, PLATFORM Centre, 2023
American Gurl, curated by Kilo Kish and Zehra Ahmed, Hauser & Wirth, LA, 2023
BAM Screening, programed by Melissa Lyde and Stephanye Watts, 2023
When I Am Empty, Please Dispose of Me Properly, group exhibition curated by Jenny Gerow, BRIC, 2023