Ebony G. Patterson
the of 72 project, 2012
digital photographs on hand-embellished fabric bandanas, wire clotheslines, and painted clothespins
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73 parts, sizes vary between 21" x 21" to 24" x 24" each
73 parts, sizes vary between 21" x 21" to 24" x 24" each
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the of 72 project is a mixed media work on fabric, with digital imagery, embroidery, rhinestones, trimmings, bandanas, and floral appliques. The project was completed with a commissioned grant from...
the of 72 project is a mixed media work on fabric, with digital imagery, embroidery, rhinestones, trimmings, bandanas, and floral appliques. The project was completed with a commissioned grant from Small Axe Journal and with additional funding from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Arts and debuted as a 1-night installation at the University of the West Indies and was first published in Small Axe Issue 38. On May 24, 2010, 800 soldiers and 370 police officers stormed into Tivoli Gardens, an impoverished district in the capital of Jamaica to arrest Christopher “Dudus” Coke, who was wanted for extradition to the United States on drug and arms trafficking charges. The incursion was the culmination of nine months of national political turmoil. The first aim was achieved, but the second was not, and only at great cost. Around 70 civilians and three members of the security forces were killed. The authors constituted a small group of international forensic pathologists who, at the request of the Public Defender and over four weeks from mid-June, observed the autopsies of the civilians.
The event went largely unpublicized by Jamaican and American media, and the identities of the civilians were not disclosed.