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The Challenge of Preserving the Spirit of Protest: Reflecting on the Documentation and Digital Reconstruction of a 2020 Washington, DC, Black Lives Matter Memorial<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

adrian hernandez<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contemporary Art Review, Volume 2 (2022)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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El desaf\u00edo de preservar el esp\u00edritu de la protesta: reflexionando sobre la documentaci\u00f3n y reconstrucci\u00f3n digital de un memorial realizado en 2020 en Washington, DC, para Black Lives Matter<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

adrian hernandez<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contemporary Art Review, Volumen 2 (2022)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ephemeral, time-based media, protest art, installation, Black Lives Matter, antiracism<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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During Black Lives Matter protests in the summer of 2020 several significant, culturally charged urban sites emerged in the United States. These ranged from impromptu murals, memorials, damaged or altered Confederate and colonial monuments, and walls and fences covered in protest signs and art. One of these sites was the Black Lives Matter Memorial in Washington, DC, that overtook a fence surrounding the White House. The memorial evolved throughout its eight-month duration and was one way in which protestors exhibited their resistance and acknowledgement of racism and injustice in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2021 American Institute of Conservation (AIC) Annual Meeting included several talks that discussed racism in the cultural heritage sector. Dr. Porchia Moore\u2019s opening session talk, \u201cTransformation Begins with You: You Is a Collective,\u201d provided questions for conservators to aid in their engagement with a critical reflexive praxis. She asked us to dream and work toward transformative practices, liberate ourselves from institutional racism and structures, center joy in our work, and take action toward our own unlearning. This paper discusses how my documentation of, and plan to digitally reconstruct, the Washington, DC, Black Lives Matter Memorial offers a case study for engaging Dr. Moore\u2019s questions through an antiracist lens that considers the characteristics of white supremacy culture. Characteristics such as urgency, either\/or thinking, individualism, and their antidotes are discussed as they relate to my work.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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ef\u00edmera, medios time-based (basados en el tiempo), arte protesta, instalaci\u00f3n, Black Lives Matter, antiracismo<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Durante las protestas sobre Black Lives Matter en el verano de 2020, varios sitios urbanos significativos de un gran peso cultural, surgieron en los Estados Unidos. Estos variaban entre murales y memoriales espont\u00e1\u00adneos, monumentos Confederados o coloniales da\u00f1ados o alterados, y muros y rejas cubiertos con signos de protesta y arte. Uno de estos sitios fue el Memorial Black Lives Matter en Washington, DC, que invadi\u00f3 una reja que rode\u00f3 la Casa Blanca. El memorial evolucion\u00f3 durante sus ocho meses de duraci\u00f3n y fue una forma en la que las personas que protestaban exhibieron su resistencia y reconocimiento del racismo e injusticia en los Estados Unidos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

La Reuni\u00f3n Anual 2021 del Instituto Americano de Con\u00adservaci\u00f3n (AIC) incluy\u00f3 varias charlas donde se discuti\u00f3 el racismo en el \u00e1rea del patrimonio cultural. La charla inaugural de la Dra. Porchia Moore, \u201cLa transformaci\u00f3n comienza contigo: \u2018tu\u2019 es una palabra colectiva\u201d aport\u00f3 preguntas a los conservadores que ayudan en su compro\u00admiso con una praxis reflexiva y cr\u00edtica. Ella nos pidi\u00f3 so\u00f1ar y trabajar hacia las pr\u00e1cticas transformativas, liberarnos del racismo estructural e institucional, centrar la alegr\u00eda en nuestro trabajo y actuar hacia nuestro propio desa\u00adprendizaje. Este art\u00edculo habla sobre mi documentaci\u00f3n sobre el Memorial Black Lives Matter de Washington, DC y mi plan de reconstruirlo digitalmente y c\u00f3mo estos ofre\u00adcen un caso de estudio para involucrar las preguntas de la Dra. Moore a trav\u00e9s de un lente antiracista que considere las caracter\u00edsticas de la cultura de la supremac\u00eda blanca. Caracter\u00edsticas como la urgencia, el pensamiento de esto o lo otro, el individualismo y sus ant\u00eddotos se discuten a medida que se van relacionando con mi trabajo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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hernandez, adrian. 2024. \u201cThe Challenge of Preserving the Spirit of Protest: Reflecting on the Documentation and Digital Reconstruction of a 2020 Washington, DC, Black Lives Matter Memorial \/ El desaf\u00edo de preservar el esp\u00edritu de la protesta: reflexionando sobre la documentaci\u00f3n y reconstrucci\u00f3n digital de un memorial realizado en 2020 en Washington, DC, para Black Lives Matter.\u201d In Contemporary Art Review<\/em>, Vol. 2. Edited by Gabrielle Crowther, Delia M\u00fcller-W\u00fcsten, and Martha Singer. Washington, DC: AIC. 36\u201349.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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