Event Title
Sepian Stars: an exploration of the exotic other in the Harlem Reniassance
Location
Edwards 106A
Document Type
Oral/PowerPoint Presentation (10 minutes and 5 minute Q and A)
Description
The narrative of those whose voices were oppressed or forgotten guides how we understand and interact with each other today. These voices exist in the traces and whispers of archives and ephemera. Gossamer thin, their stories remain part of our unspoken and unwritten common psyche. They become threads woven into the tapestry of contemporary, every day fabric. They wait to be found and heard, and to give us a full understanding of our collective milieu. This presentation examines the artists’ book Sepian Stars. Based on archival research, Sepian Stars uses press photography and poetry by Langston Hughes to explore the dichotomy between how race is perceived and how it is experienced by the other.
Start Date
April 2014
Repository Citation
Chestnut, Amanda L., "Sepian Stars: an exploration of the exotic other in the Harlem Reniassance" (2014). Master's Level Graduate Research Conference. 70.
https://digitalcommons.brockport.edu/gradconf/2014/Schedule/70
Sepian Stars: an exploration of the exotic other in the Harlem Reniassance
Edwards 106A
The narrative of those whose voices were oppressed or forgotten guides how we understand and interact with each other today. These voices exist in the traces and whispers of archives and ephemera. Gossamer thin, their stories remain part of our unspoken and unwritten common psyche. They become threads woven into the tapestry of contemporary, every day fabric. They wait to be found and heard, and to give us a full understanding of our collective milieu. This presentation examines the artists’ book Sepian Stars. Based on archival research, Sepian Stars uses press photography and poetry by Langston Hughes to explore the dichotomy between how race is perceived and how it is experienced by the other.