Ghislan Sutherland-Timm

Should oblivion stay,

When borders become obsolete who are we?

“Hands extending forward, backwards, and sideways configure an ambiguous form that floats within an expansive luminous space. Utilizing cut-out photo images collected from sports magazines and National Geographic, “Should oblivion stay,” (2022) explores the extraction, collision, and bond of time, place, and identity. Heavily influenced by Afro-futurist themes, the work intends to rupture the colonial and monolithic gaze imposed onto Black communities. As a means towards ancestral healing, “Should oblivion stay,” also incited a personal sense of tranquility in its making. A state of being that lends to the intentions of the work existing in simultaneous motion and stillness. To not seek permission to be everything together at the same time. To exist in an intersectional sphere, borders obsolete.”