Lindsey Carter

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Lindsey Carter. CARGO    responds to     Le 6 avril 1944

It is the format of a bookless container as well as the tragic story inscribed on the walls of the box that the artists responds to. In her bookwork the artist obscures the function of the container which dissimulates a book which invoke the memory of enslavement. Over the past few years she has dealt with the  potential social, biological or psychic inheritance of chattel slavery  as a descendant of enslaved peoples. Deploying topographic and anatomical references to deal with – skin, wood, and weight - her work also serves as a personal catharsis. She also incorporates a web component  which simultaneously serves as a corollary and documents the work.   

Prior to beginning her BFA in Design (2^nd year) with a minor in Print Media (4^th year), Lindsey Carter received a BA in Linguistics, Minor in biology from Duke University.   

 

Video edited by Tod Van Dyk. Footage shot by Isabelle Fleurelien. 

Book photos taken by Isabelle Fleurelien, 2018. 

Text based on written and spoken interviews between curator Melinda Reinhart and Lindsey Carter.