Chapter 9 + Rough Draft - Teana Maitland

 Chapter 9 Utopia 

    Quote: "Many activists and artists operate under this premise: that the biggest problem we face is that most people don’t understand."

    Reaction: This quote stuck out to me because I feel as an artist you would want people to actually understand your art. Sometimes they don’t see what’s happening, or they don’t fully grasp the impact of it. So the work becomes about opening eyes, telling stories, making people feel something real. I also feel like even though people don't understand you shouldn't feel distraught or let down because some people really just may not know. 

    Quote: "Utopia is an image of a world we would like to inhabit. It draws us into the future and says to us: this can be yours if we move forward together as a society"

    Reaction: This quote stuck out to me because it gave me inspiration that if we all come together we can make the world we want, I also feel like this is why art is so important because even though we may not understand it like the last quote says I feel like it always bring people together which is something that the world need right about now. 

Rough Draft 

So my final project I want focus on how the trump administration makes black women feel unheard and not seen. During trump's terms there has been many policies put into place that disproportionately affect black women some policies that trumps admin has put into place for example one policy that is well know is his partaking of the abortion bans as stated in an article  "57% of Black women ages 15 to 49 (which the organizations consider reproductive age) live in states with bans or threats to abortion access, which have increased in the two years since the Supreme Court overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade decision." going to show atleast one of the policies trump put into place that affects black women. 

My final project will be called “Words They Gave Me” preformance will mainly focus on the stereotypes and harmful words that are used on black women especially during the trump adminstration where trump makes room for hate and even in general. I will wear all black and have sticky notes each saying word that they describe us black women including some that was said in the media and politics. I will stand in an area and remain silent while i allow people to look at me and either add or pull one of the post it notes. The words can either be encouraging or negative. I will need post it notes and somewhere to sit or stand where there is moderate traffic.