“The question is, are we prepared to accept what is originally ours, and not be afraid because it is simple and given to cottons and not silk? Or are we afraid because most of the vital expression of our folk material is of African origin?”
—Beryl McBurnie during a 1963 lecture
Two-channel
video installation, 20 minutes looped. Presented at Jan Van Eyck Academie open studios 2023, with three 20-minute
performances.