Sophie Duarte

you see me, do you FEEL me?

A looping video containing archival footage of different Black female performers that exhibit "The Exotic" within the Eurocentric gaze. As the channel changes so does the perspective of the viewer.

“Through the past 150 years of media, there has been a consistent gestural dance that Black women have had to perform. A gesture that castes them as exotic performers barely naked both animalistic and hypersexualized. Denouncing these tropes invites new ways of seeing the emotional pain these stereotypes have on women of color. ”