Questioning the role of visibility in our collective ideas of security and safety, Witnesses contains nine videos of streetlights taken near sites where trans-people of color have been murdered in Detroit, Michigan. This questioning of visibility is crucial in our current social framework, and leaves one asking “What do the streetlights do for us, if our most vulnerable citizens can find no safety under their light?”
In the gallery, the videos were arranged down a short manufactured corridor, with the videos across from each other. Each video was for a single location, the sounds for each video are composed of field recordings at each location. The video trailer below will provide you with a strong idea of how each location looks and sounds at once.
For more information, please see the following interviews and articles
https://detroit.sciencegallery.com/new-blog/witnesses
https://detroit.sciencegallery.com/blog/designed-injustice
https://www.music.msu.edu/news/goeringer-installation-featured-in-science-gallery-detroit-exhibit
in memory of:
Ashton O’Hara
Amber Monroe
Paris Cameron
Keanna Matel
Sharita Maxwell
Shelley Hilliard
Coko Williams
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artist: Lyn Goeringer
special thanks: Kristin Mahoney, Tacuma Peters, Mingzhe Wang, Kakia Gkoudina
commissioned by Science Gallery Detroit, as a part of their Future Present show:
detroit.sciencegallery.com/