MY BODY

AS A

MEMORY

Our past, the present, as well as the future, can not be avoided. Consequently, the body becomes an archival gift. Catching sight of this transition, the questions that arise: What does this body, that is also a vessel within itself, entail? What has this body seen? What has this body experienced? My Body is a Memory, 2022 is an exhibition exploring the archive through imagined memories of home by featuring the work of Angelica Calderon, Mai’yah Kau, Nia-Alexsandra Wallace, Emily Manwaring, and Ariana Stoll. They are engaging with self-portraiture, performance art, and film. All of the artists in the exhibition are of Caribbean/Latin Caribbean and African descent. Organized by Zainab Floyd and the White Plains Public Library.

Currently on view at the White Plains Public Library in Westchester, New York. The exhibition will be up till October 09, 2022.

WHITE PLAINS GALLERY SPACE

  • Photography by Muhammad Floyd.

  • Photography by Muhammad Floyd.

  • Photography by Muhammad Floyd.

  • Photography by Muhammad Floyd.

THE ARTISTS WITH THEIR WORK

  • Angelica Calderon posing in front of their short film

    “22 Steps,2020.”

    Photography by Muhammad Floyd.

  • Mai’yah Kau stands in front of their piece

    “Crossing Rivers: From Ziah Town to Bilibo (Rough Edit), 2022.”

    Photography by Muhammad Floyd.

THE ARTISTS WITH THEIR WORK

  • Nia- Alexsandra Wallace is posing in front of their paintings “Learning & Omission, 2020” (left) and “Before the Storm, 2020” (right).

  • Ariana Stoll is posing in front of her painting “Guyanese Gold Rush, 2022.”

GALLERY VISITORS

  • Image submission by visitor.

  • Image submission by visitor.
    (Curator Zainab Floyd).

  • Photography by Muhammad Floyd.

  • Photography by Muhammad Floyd.

A NOTE FROM THE CURATOR

Image taken by Muhammad Floyd.

“My Body as a Memory is inspired by a Toni Morrison’s interview. She speaks about the memory being a living archive, a recollection of the past and present. I thought about what would this look like as an exhibition. I thought on artists whom I adored, whose works made me think about a traveling body, an imagined one, a memory, an archive. I envisioned a space with work by artists who think critically about the worlds they create which are out of rememory, and imagination. There were many iterations of this exhibition. I am grateful and happy for Nia Alexsandra-Wallace, Emily Manwaring, Mai’yah Kau, Angelica Calderon, and Ariana Stoll. I wanted each of the artists work to be honored and celebrated. Thank you for allowing me to do so.”- Zainab Floyd