I Am Black: Translated

I Am Black: Translations is a documentary exhibition and book project about what you mean when you say “I am
Black”. We say it to ourselves and we say it to others, but when it comes time to define what “I am Black” means,
we often have to pause and really think about it because most of us have never really thought about or questioned
the meaning and it means something different to anyone who has given it some thought .

With this question in mind, I am asking you, regardless of your social, cultural, economic, political or religious background, to please join me in the exploration and documentation of one of the most controversial topics in the United States, and perhaps the world: the notion of what it means to be Black.

To participate in this project, you will need to sit for a portrait, taken in your home or another environment of your
choosing, preferably one you have helped to construct, and submit your own definition of what you mean when you say “I Am Black.”

In exchange for sitting, you will receive a color 10x10-inch portrait of yourself as it would appear in the exhibition
and book plus a copy of the book when it is published.

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