WE ARE ENCOUNTERS IN MOTION
THERE ARE NO SELF-CONTAINED UNITS,
[IMAGINED] BOUNDARIES BETWEEN OUR SELVES
AND BEYOND OUR SELVES
ARE INDETERMINATE
SAVE YOUR SELVES
EXISTING ON MANY BORDER LINES
AS BLACK AS I AM WHITE AS I AM ALIEN
TO BE FREETO BE FREE
ASKING THE ALIENS
LOVE, YOUR BODY
BITS OF MY DNA, SKIN CELLS
FALLING IN LOVE WITH MY SELVES
COLLABORATE WITH RAIN,
SUN,
GRAVITY
GETTING THE BACK END.
FEELING YOU
26 NOVEMBER 2020
POLARIZING CHARISMATIC,
CHAOTICALLY NEUTRAL
I LAUGHED SO HARD, I NEARLY DIED
OPEN YOUR MOUTH
CAN'T YOU JUST LIE DOWN FOR 5 MINUTES?
THE SCREEN IS A PORTAL
LET'S CREATE NON-SPACE TOGETHER
PRAISE DANCING FOR MY FREEDOM
FREE! TRAPPED! EVERYWHERE! ALWAYS!
BODY
BODY
BODY
PARTS
THE UPSHOT
ORIGIN OF THE UNIVERSE
A MEDITATION ON NOT WHITE
CHEWED UP PIECES OF FLESH
FLIGHT,
FIGHT OR
FROZEN?
I'M MUCH BETTER
JELLY LIKE
EXORCISMS RITUAL
TRYING FOR MAXIMUM FLUIDITY
PARADISE GARDEN OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS
DECREASING OR
INCREASING THE
VIBRATION WILL
CAUSE A CHANGE IN COLOR,
AND MAY ALSO RESULT IN,
WHAT MANY EXPERIENCE AS A
SENSORIALLY PLEASING STIMULATION
I’ve always believed in miracles.
both of my parents lost their mothers as children one was exiled from Ethiopia while the other defied their family, becoming the first to attend college, then marrying a Black person they are both rebels, and also, evangelical christians when I was a child they were missionaries it took me a long time to understand the imperialist nature of the cult I grew up in kingston, jamaica and sacramento, california without much sense of family history or belonging, but with a deep connection to the land, colors and music later, I lived in boston, buenos aires, paris, london, and los angeles, each place granting access to new parts of the world and to myself
I studied English and American Literature at Harvard thinking I wanted to be a writer or a lawyer before I fell in love with darkroom photography during a postgraduate program I love the physicality of making art, giving physical shape to concept I learned how to make video while getting an MA in Image & Communication at Goldsmiths, there I started making sculptures in a response to a deep need to create in 3D then, while earning my MFA at SAIC, I discovered words again being in a classroom or group discussion setting has always been very generative for me, I am a passionate contributor, giving and expecting critical feedback
listening has become a discipline
I am convinced of art’s power and potential to spur revolution,
to uproot extractive systems
and to plant seeds of hope and freedom,
while cultivating the connective tissue that binds all living beings together
TRY ME:
SOLIANAHABTE@GMAIL.COM