Tonushree Chowdhury, Koket Dhuguma, Sachit Mallya, Joe Tisdale
Medium of Work: Colored paper and spray paint on wood
Mixed Media on Panel
A collage of torn pieces of paper depicting fires originating from protests represents the creation from destruction. Our work asks the viewer to think about the ways creation can refer to the unity of the protesters against a unified cause while the destruction indicates a collective problem in society that leads to a violent, yet immediate need for change. Our fires have influences across the entire collective installation, however, their impact is left to the audience’s interpretation. Our work interacts with images of injustices from the inception of the French and American revolutions to the present day. We took images of global protests from a variety of sources that include the George Floyd protests, Rodney King protests, Atlanta riots, French Pension protests, and Vietnam War protests, 1965–2023.