We Are From Nicodemus

We Are From Nicodemus, 42:00mins, Single Channel Video Projection, HD, Colour, 2017.

Still, We Are From Nicodemus, 42:00mins, Single Channel Video Projection, HD, Colour, 2017.

Installation View, We Are From Nicodemus, McIntosh Gallery, University of Western Ontario, 2019.

“In We Are From Nicodemus, Deanna Bowen traces threads of her family history as it relates to historical accounts of African American migration from the Midwest to the Canadian Prairies. The installation, first shown at the Royal Ontario Museum as part of The Family Camera exhibition (2017), explores intersections between photography and migration and recovers a history of struggle and emancipation.”

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Exhibition Essay: “Black Determinism: Movement, Trauma, and Aspiration in We Are From Nicodemus” by Ramolen Laruan