abstract

Pope.L’s art exhibition Trinket (2015) featured an installation of an oversized US flag blown by high-powered wind machines. The artwork generated a choreography among viewers who inadvertently danced with the US flag, reversing fraught dynamics surrounding visibility and spectatorship for work by Black artists. Trinket called upon spectators to feel into sensation, rather than adopt a mode of distanced, disembodied interpretation. Informed by embodied racial justice activist Resmaa Menakem, I argue that Pope.L’s Trinket connected viewers with somatic experience, enabling them to grapple with ongoing structural racism in the United States.

摘要

Pope.L 的艺术展Trinket（2015 年）展示了由大功率风力机吹动的超大美国国旗的装置。这件艺术品在不经意间与美国国旗共舞的观众中产生了一种舞蹈，扭转了围绕黑人艺术家作品的知名度和观众的令人担忧的动态。Trinket呼吁观众去感受感觉，而不是采用一种有距离的、无形的解释模式。在体现种族正义活动家 Resmaa Menakem 的告知下，我认为 Pope.L 的Trinket将观众与身体体验联系起来，使他们能够应对美国持续存在的结构性种族主义。