Cartographies of Violence
Cartographies of Violence maps the spatialized violence of Black enslavement, confinement, segregation, disposability, erasure, and disappearance in the water, on the land, and in violent laws and policies of displacement and dispossession.
![The Violent Formation and Fungibility of Blackness, 2020](https://format.creatorcdn.com/895db6d8-b7be-4c5a-91f7-70523a69e165/0/0/0/0,0,4147,2133,700,2133/0-0-0/e7363b4d-01d2-41e4-ada3-531cc463938b/1/1/IMG_0162.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040605613~hmac=b61761115bb7cf6e1a88bbc4138e4c8646e7f81c46f7e2717ccda2681303ce1b)
The Violent Formation and Fungibility of Blackness, 2020
Photo: Shana M. griffin, 2021
Acrylic and Paper on Wood, 48" x 24"
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The Violent Formation and Fungibility of Blackness, 2020
Photo: Shana M. griffin, 2021
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The Violent Formation and Fungibility of Blackness, 2020
Photo: Renee Royale, 2021
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The Violent Formation and Fungibility of Blackness, 2020
Photo: Renee Royale, 2021
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![Spatialized Violence, 2020](https://format.creatorcdn.com/895db6d8-b7be-4c5a-91f7-70523a69e165/0/0/0/0,0,2964,2985,700,2985/0-0-0/7b8bc235-da40-4c61-9445-aade69359a50/1/1/IMG_0157.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040605613~hmac=bb2ed4515b400f4628b8d31cdac4b4b7b71e82069d3a00f8359b8f2f790f48be)
Spatialized Violence, 2020
Acrylic and Paper on Wood, 24" x 24"
Photo: Shana M. griffin, 2021
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Spatialized Violence, 2021
Photo: Renee Royale, 2021
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![Regulate Movements, 2020](https://format.creatorcdn.com/895db6d8-b7be-4c5a-91f7-70523a69e165/0/0/0/0,0,2933,3017,700,3017/0-0-0/9bae0c22-0a72-452b-ae16-6e9421751486/1/1/IMG_0148.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040605613~hmac=9d38dc19fbf1ded16443d44a6f9e9c63dc4ebed2e5b1d99b20b53669d2277a69)
Regulate Movements, 2020
Acrylic and Paper on Wood, 48" x 48"
Photo: Shana M. griffin, 2021
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Regulate Movements, 2020
Photo: Rene Royale, 2021
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Regulate Movements, 2020
Renee Royale, 2021
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![The Hull: Of the Ship, the Dungeon, the Pen, the Walls, the Block, and the Walk, 2020](https://format.creatorcdn.com/895db6d8-b7be-4c5a-91f7-70523a69e165/0/0/0/0,0,893,3869,700,3869/0-0-0/2f42e356-2f22-4ae3-b79e-5886e2fb256c/1/1/IMG_3917.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040605613~hmac=d3fcfadf661292754603579cb883f983a917e523fe79541f23e488838a73b6d4)
The Hull: Of the Ship, the Dungeon, the Pen, the Walls, the Block, and the Walk, 2020
Acrylic and Paper on Wood 7.5" x 31"
Photo: Shana M. griffin, 2021
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The Hull: Of the Ship, the Dungeon, the Pen, the Walls, the Block, and the Walk, 2020
Photo: Shana M. griffin, 2021
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The Hull: Of the Ship, the Dungeon, the Pen, the Walls, the Block, and the Walk, 2020
Photo: Shana M. griffin, 2021
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![The Wake of the Passage, 2020](https://format.creatorcdn.com/895db6d8-b7be-4c5a-91f7-70523a69e165/0/0/0/0,0,2351,2420,700,2420/0-0-0/17c2d688-30ec-4452-ab93-bd9fd3700732/1/1/IMG_2836.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040605613~hmac=08491dac8b35c756ba1c81c12789d2bbfa0348344ae5f5bbb8f76f95d2f6ac39)
The Wake of the Passage, 2020
Acrylic on Wood 24" x 24"
Photo: Shana M. griffin, 2021
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