Connie Bakshi
My silence would be as stone, 2023
Virtual installation: HD Video (40 second loop), PNG image, 3D sculpture
‘For those of us who live at the shoreline
standing upon the constant edges of decision
crucial and alone
for those of us who cannot indulge
the passing dreams of choice
who love in doorways coming and going
in the hours between dawns
looking inward and outward
at once before and after
seeking a now that can breed
futures…’
— Audre Lorde, A Litany for Survival
Inspired by Audre Lorde’s ‘A Litany for Survival’, My silence would be as stone envisions the invisible hopes and fears across the colonial history and generat...