From D.C to PG County Book (2024)
A memory is reconstructive — unlike the places in which they occurred, parts of a memory can be repositioned; mended. Memories are imperfect — pushing against empirical systems of reason and validation while still carrying histories.
Inspired by the recounts of 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, this title 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’’ 16 pages.
Medium: Four-colored riso on 60lb. pink cover. Spiral bound.
Edition Number: edition of 20.
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