This collection reflects specific gay hate crimes that happened in the USA. Each panel is a square cut piece of thin wood painted dark grey with a thin black boarder. At the bottom of each square there is a few lines of lighter grey texts. This text is directly from headlines from gay hate crime news articles or a compilation of words and or phrases from the articles. By taking the image away and leaving the text, it forces the viewer to read and negotiate their own relationship with the subject. Very little is told about each event, so the viewer is able to interact with an unbiased opinion. The open dark grey space above the text allows for the viewer to have their own imaginary projection on the work.
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