From D.C to PG County (2024)
Inspired by recounts by the children of my grandparents: their son and my father, Brett Pulley, their oldest daughter and my aunt, Angela Hill and their middle daughter and my aunt, Melanie Blagburn is response to the question, “what is a memory you have from a clothing item of your childhood?” — this piece explores their family’s move to PG County, Maryland from Washington D.C. in 1971. Three years after the passing of the 1968 Fair Housing Act which, “prohibited discrimination concerning the sale, rental, and financing of housing based on race, religion, national origin, sex, (and as amended) handicap and family status.
This work was part of a larger installation created during the Studio Museum in Harlem Artist-In-Residence program. The work was exhbited in Pass Carry Hold at MoMA PS1.
Dimension: 8’ x 8’
Medium: Polyester webbing seatbelt straps, embroidery and PVC.
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