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Richard History of Water
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In recent months, we've all had to find new ways to connect with ourselves and one another. I've found myself spending more time in virtual meetings than I ever thought I would. In this collage, I use a Zoom meeting screenshot as a platform to explore what I've been processing in recent months and in some ways, my entire life. I connect my grandmother's emigration from the Philippines in 1960, Filipino American labor activism, and the movement for freedom and liberation for Black lives.
Collage content:
Left, Top: excerpt from my grandmother's travel journal.
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Left, Bottom: "No history, No self" -quote from historical Filipino leader, José Rizal
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Center, Top: International Longshore and Warehouse Union's (Local 37) West coast port shutdown on June 19th. in solidarity with protests over George Floyd's murder.
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Center, Bottom: Names of Gene Viernes and Silme Domingo, local community organizers with ILWU, murdered by the Marcos regime in 1981.
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Right, Top: 2020 vigil and demand for justice for Charleena Lyles, who was killed in her home by Seattle police officers in 2017.
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Right, Bottom: A letter to Louisville, KY mayor Greg Fischer, demanding justice for Breonna Taylor, who was also murdered in her home by police officers.
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Far right, Group Chat: a poem
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Believe
Quiet Strength
Gift of Words
Color within Us
Take 5
United We Thrive
History of Water
Hope Springs Eternal
Voices
Genji
River
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