MY EYES DUE SEE

• Main Author: Barfield, Johannes J
• Format: Others
• Published: VCU Scholars Compass 2018
• Subjects: Johannes James Barfield; Johannes; Johannes Barfield; Barfield; my eyes due see; black video artist; black artist; road; street; asphalt; fluorescent lights; fluorescent; forensic rod; forensic trajectory rod; rods; automotive; car parts; road marking tape; broomsedge; ballistic trajectory rods; grass; objective reasonableness; amplification; nullification; southern pine asphalt impregnated board; Audio Arts and Acoustics; Composition; Fine Arts; Interdisciplinary Arts and Media; Other Film and Media Studies; Sculpture
• Online Access: https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/5376; https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6488&context=etd

My Eyes Due See is a multidimensional examination of the “black experience” in America. The installation is composed of a single-channel video, a music composition that utilizes music samples and live instrumentation, and sculptures made up of car parts and broomsedge grass. Each of these elements arranged in space share a nuanced and complicated view of blackness through the lens of a black man decoding personal history and American history simultaneously. Autonomy is the overarching theme throughout the work as it pertains to race, identity, urban and rural environments, and the relationship between generational trauma and nostalgia.