Slavery in Motion
A collaborative multimedia art collection inspired by the life of Molia, a young African woman who was sold and lived as a captive in mid-18th century Westmoreland, Jamaica.
The Remains team with lab director Dr. Jessica Marie Johnson
The Slavery in Motion public event was presentation and conversation with members of Remains // An Archive Jessica Newby, Samantha Stephens, and Kevin Ah-Sen as we discussed the inspiration for the multimedia art collection with featured artists: Romaine McNeil, Tatiana Esh, Sha-Shonna Rogers, and Julia Mallory.
Introducing molia
As a prelude to our event at the BMA, the team produced a series of videos telling the story of Molia for our social media audience. The fourth and final video in the series is “Pull(ing) Foot”.