he is me, and I love me dearly.
February 8 - 20, 2022
Point Park University's Pittsburgh Playhouse Lobby
Curated by Sean Beauford and Alisha Wormsley
Produced in partnership with the Pittsburgh Premiere of Keith Hamilton Cobb's American Moor, directed by Kim Weild
Sean Beauford: Photography and Video Installation
Photographer Dominick McDuffie presents a series of images that consider Black men in intimate spaces of comfort and uninhibited self-expression. Cameron A. Granger’s videos explore Black life in America and what it means to both endure and disappear.
Alisha Wormsley: Film and Installation
children of NAN a survival guide: I love him just as I love you, Black man, for you speak through me too ...
in collaboration with:
Joy KMT, Tara Fay Coleman, Olivia Gutterson, Tsedaye Makonnen, and the Sibyls Shrine Network
In this iteration of Alisha Wormsley's archive, children of NAN a Survival Guide, Wormsley collaborates with Black mothers, members of the Sibyls Shrine Network, (Sibyls Shrine is a arts residency for Black mothers created by Wormsley - www.sibylsshrine.com). Each Sibyl, shares through various mediums, aspects of their relationships whether as mothers, daughters, sisters, partners, lovers with the Black Masculine.
This 3 channel video installation, altar fabricated by Steve Alexis and adorned by the work of Olivia Gutterson and Alisha Wormsley, presents a series of rituals that connect to a line from American Moor, "I love him just as I love you, Black man, for you speak through me too."