Act Trois: Renaissance (2019)
Taken from the “Children of Venys” visual series: a celebration and reclamation of the Black human form, inspired by the life and death of Saartjie "Sarah" Baartman (infamously referred as “Venus Hottentot”).
About "Children of Venys"
“Children of Venys” (2019) is a three-act visual series inspired by the life and death of Saartjie “Sarah” Baartman, who was infamously marked as the Venus Hottentot, and Saidiya Hartman’s essay, “Venus In Two Acts”. The series lives is a celebration of the Black human form and a reclamation from fetishism and erasure of identity.
"ACT TROIS: RENAISSANCE" is the third act of the series which capture the Black Renaissance creators and artists in Los Angeles, ranging from dancers, visual artists, music composers, songwriters, and engineers. Their presence represents the magnitude of SPACES they are claiming, rebuilding, owning and fully operating in. The "children" are seen as individuals and a collective. The images were captured at the Rancho Cienaga Sports Complex, the stomping grounds of a young Serena and Venus Williams.
