"I love him just as I love you, Black man, for you speak through me too."
children of NAN a survival guide: I love him just as I love you, Black man, for you speak through me too ...
A film and installation by Alisha B Wormsley in collaboration with
Joy KMT
Tara Fay Coleman
Olivia Gutterson
Tsedaye Makonnen
and the Sibyls Shrine Network
In this iteration of Alisha Wormsley's archive, children of NAN a Survival Guide, Wormsley collaborates with Black mothers, members of the Sibyls Shrine Network, (Sibyls Shrine is a arts residency for Black mothers created by Wormsley - www.sibylsshrine.com). Each Sibyl, shares through various mediums, aspects of their relationships whether as mothers, daughters, sisters, partners, lovers with the Black Masculine. This 3 channel video installation, altar fabricated by Steve Alexis and adorned by the work of Olivia Gutterson and Alisha Wormsley, presents a series of rituals that connect to a line from American Moor, "I love him just as I love you, Black man, for you speak through me too."