Jaime Chavez
My project would be a guerrilla installation of posters I made depicting Ahmaud Arbery with text supporting Black Lives Matter. They would be wheat pasted on walls along the Ohlone greenway near my house, other connecting trails, and in the city wherever other people want to put them.
I wanted to make this work as a reminder of the injustice black people are oppressed by every single day. I wanted to make the connection between what happened to Ahmaud, the movement it created, and the types of locations it would be most powerful.
This work is important because Ahmaud Arbery’s murder case is finally being investigated and steps are being taken to serve justice to the two white supremacists that took his life when he innocently jogged past their house during his workout. It’s important to remember this man and what happened to him. It’s important we don’t forget that lynching still exists and there is still a blind eye turned to it.
It will also serve as a visual enrichment of the path where tags have been blocked over in various different shades of paint. I’m sure the posters themselves will be tagged on or defaced, but that’s part of public work. It is not a monument, just information and a memorial of an innocent man.
The posters will be pasted in and along the Ohlone Greenway and connecting bike paths/ running trails. It will be posted in the city on walls and rooftops.
This project interacts with the sight as people run and bike through it every day, they will be reminded of what happened to Ahmaud Arbery and to be grateful for their privilege.
I wanted to make this work as a reminder of the injustice black people are oppressed by every single day. I wanted to make the connection between what happened to Ahmaud, the movement it created, and the types of locations it would be most powerful.
This work is important because Ahmaud Arbery’s murder case is finally being investigated and steps are being taken to serve justice to the two white supremacists that took his life when he innocently jogged past their house during his workout. It’s important to remember this man and what happened to him. It’s important we don’t forget that lynching still exists and there is still a blind eye turned to it.
It will also serve as a visual enrichment of the path where tags have been blocked over in various different shades of paint. I’m sure the posters themselves will be tagged on or defaced, but that’s part of public work. It is not a monument, just information and a memorial of an innocent man.
The posters will be pasted in and along the Ohlone Greenway and connecting bike paths/ running trails. It will be posted in the city on walls and rooftops.
This project interacts with the sight as people run and bike through it every day, they will be reminded of what happened to Ahmaud Arbery and to be grateful for their privilege.
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