meredith emery
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Forward Together, Not One Step Back
(2019) glazed stoneware, concrete, aluminum plaque, 20” x 20” x 84This site-specific sculpture visualizes the vertical translation of a soundwave captured at a 2017 protest of Silent Sam in which activists chant the phrase in the work’s title while marching toward the former Confederate monument on campus. Located at a point of high foot traffic on university grounds, this piece provides a venue for discussion on the legacy of racism and slavery on UNC-CH campus.
Forward Together, Not One Step Back was created with support from the Hanes Art Center Alumni Sculpture Garden Honorarium and is on display in the UNC-CH Alumni Sculpture Garden.