The Brief

The studio used wood harvested from dying Zelkova trees from the Wright Museum to explore the interconnection between object making, belonging and storytelling in African American History and various African material cultures. The wood was not from nameless trees that grew in monoculture plantations, but rather trees with deep roots in Detroit, growing in soil that contains memories of the land even before Detroit became Detroit.

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