Solemn Reassurance (Change Spares None)    2020


railroad-flattened then stamped and linked pennies, copper wire, forged steel rod, coated leather cording



A flag of pennies trained to spell truer reflections of the artist’s experience in American society;
a flag flattened, punched, and pierced into form from the detritus of vestigial currency;
a flag of protest, desperate imagination, and anarchic comfort as identity.
    


Hand-stamped text from left to right:
“TRUST ENTROPY” “FREE FALL” “RARELY READY” “ONLY PREPARED” “INCITE INSIGHT” “REIMAGINE REMAINING” “LOVE WORTH LOSS” “PROTECT EACH OTHER” “PASS THROUGH TIME” “PERSIST” “ASHES NOURISH” “DUST REMEMBERS”
“CHANGE SPARES NONE” (repeated)
“GRACE GUIDES” “DECOLONIZE” “DESTROY WHITE SUPREMACY” ABOLISH PRISON INDUSTRY” “TAKE NOTICE” “DISMANTLE BEYOND REFORM” “EAT THE RICH” “PAST IS PRESENT” “NONLINEAR HEALING” “EMERGE” “DEFEND BLACK JOY” “JUST FUTURE”
“CHANGE SPARES NONE” (repeated)
(all repeated)





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