Category: activism

Kevin Kirkpatrick + Morgan Kennedy – River Nest

May 15, 2024

activism, art, ArtFields, Southern culture

I can’t upload my video and that’s just as well. It’s inevitable that when I try to record something to share the sound, someone decides to talk. I didn’t feel like it was okay to ask other people in the Crossroads Gallery to be quiet while I recorded a video to share with my friend. Unfortunately, I didn’t take any stills because the sound of the water was so intrinsic to the piece.

This video the artists’ installation of the work at the Western Carolina University campus in 2022. More about this piece can be found here: https://justinmorgankennedy.com/section/517298-RIVERNEST.html

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Miranda Pedigo – Objects on Display

May 15, 2024

activism, art, ArtFields

This was in the Crossroads Gallery.

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Noah Scalin – Pulse (Revisited)

May 14, 2024

activism, art, ArtFields, Southern culture

ArtFields 2024, Jarritos Mexican Restaurant

This absolutely rocked my socks.

I think this room is used for private parties the rest of the year. It’s behind the main dining room and had plenty of space for visitors to view the pieces they had on view.

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Today I am Taking Sides

November 25, 2023

activism, poetry

“Today I am taking sides.
I am taking the side of Peace.
Peace, which I will not abandon
even when its voice is drowned out
by hurt and hatred,
bitterness of loss,
cries of right and wrong.
I am taking the side of Peace
whose name has barely been spoken
in this winnerless war.
I will hold Peace in my arms,
and share my body’s breath,
lest Peace be added
to the body count.
I will call for de-escalation
even when I want nothing more
than to get even.
I will do it
in the service of Peace.
I will make a clearing
in the overgrown
thicket of cause and effect
so Peace can breathe
for a minute
and reach for the sky.
I will do what I must
to save the life of Peace.
I will breathe through tears.
I will swallow pride.
I will bite my tongue.
I will offer love
without testing for deservingness.
So don’t ask me to wave a flag today
unless it is the flag of Peace.
Don’t ask me to sing an anthem
unless it is a song of Peace.
Don’t ask me to take sides
unless it is the side of Peace.”

Rabbi Irwin Keller, Oct. 17, 2023

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She Wouldn’t Take Off Her Boots

November 11, 2023

a day in this life, activism, art, memento mori

On Thursday, we wandered around LeBaur Park in Greensboro to find this sculpture. It’s a 3d visualization of a photograph of a group of women right before they were murdered during the Liepāja massacre of December 15, 1941, a series of mass executions committed by the Nazis after the German occupation of Latvia. It was installed in April of this year.

https://www.yesweekly.com/news/she-wouldn-t-take-off-her-boots-is-north-carolina-s-first-holocaust-memorial/article_1c4fa716-d93b-11ed-8b90-2b1ad5a6fb35.html

It’s in a small garden tucked away near the library, not as close to the road as Google Maps indicated. There are roses all around it, still blooming. And a couple of bouquets had been left by other visitors.

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