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Atta Boy Jim, 2008 Video, 3 minutes 18 seconds, NTSC		Lynching sites in Maryland, 2007-2008, a series of 11 chromogenic prints		Clippings, 2008, a series of 10 gelatin silver prints		Markers on the Mason Dixon Line, 2007-2008, 7 archival inkjet prints
North·East·South examines both the history of lynching in Maryland and the state’s southern geography. The project includes three photographic series depicting the sites of Maryland’s lynching, the markers and crownstones that demarcate the Mason-Dixon line and a series of still lifes that include excerpted articles from the historic newspaper archive. In addition, a single channel video explores the racialized subjectivity of the news through the story of a lynching as reported from three different newspapers. This project began as an investigation into growing up two blocks from the Washington DC—Maryland border and well below the Mason-Dixon line. By revisiting the familiar places of my childhood, North·East·South focuses on their broader implications s sites of collective memory to initiate a dialogue about the intersection of American history and publics space. Read the essay "A Way of Knowing" by Robert S. Mattison and "A Conversation between the Artist and Stephanie Dinkins" Projects > North·East·South All images © Karina Aguilera Skvirsky 2010