This video is a documentation of spaces I put a lot of emotional weight on, places I avoided because they were spaces frequented by the people I've lost. I say I should've watched my grandfather die because I think I would've accepted their deaths and wouldn't have avoided these spaces, and instead would've embraced the memories that came with them.
Artist Statement
Excerpt of Artist Statement: “The logic of despair isn't for me. Cut your throat, right? But there's something wrong, you know, with someone who says he's in despair who keeps on writing. Because a despairing man doesn't write. Anyway, it's too easy, it's too fashionable. I'm aware, you know, that I and the people I love may perish in the morning. I know that. But there's light on our faces now. If you live under the shadow of death, it gives you a certain freedom. I'm perfectly happy, odd as it sounds, and relatively free.” - James Baldwin, (1972). Meeting the man: James Baldwin in Paris. Directed by Terence Dixon, Released by Impact Films.
