For Harriett

For Harriett is an exploration of my relationship to the American military complex. I spent my childhood and young adult years moving between different military bases worldwide. As I got older I began to critically analyze the negative aspects of growing up on occupied land: the power dynamics of authoritarian systems, the constant voyeuristic self surveillance, the repression of my neurodivergence, and my queerness.

This piece is a white board displaying text and images created using dry erase markers, sticky notes, and barbed wire made from yarn. On one side of the board is Wilfred Owen’s poem Dulce Et Decorum Est. The other side is my response to it which builds upon his sentiment and is accompanied by illustrations of my father after he was attacked by a suicide bomber in Afghanistan.