Mothership (Capsule)

2009
SALVAGED WOOD, TIN, 22 INCH CHROME RING, AUDIOSALVAGED WOOD, TIN, 22-INCH CHROME RING, AUDIO
92 × 75 × 86 INCHES (235 × 190.5 × 218.4 CM)

“Science fiction fantasy is, in part, a spiritual place that African Americans have always inhabited.”


An abstracted replica of NASA’s Mercury space capsule constructed using wood salvaged from President Barack Obama’s 2009 inaugural address platform and ceiling tin from a gutted Baltimore house. Referencing the past, present, and future, Mothership symbolizes the crossing to new and uncharted territories.

Objects, InstallationLeaf Silver2009