Closing Service

Community Performance

In the days that passed between The Resurrection and the closing of the exhibition I realized I wanted to give something back. I wanted to give back to the community that supported me during all Three Tries. It was simple but perfect. I invited my loved ones, supporters, and the community to visit the gallery one last time. We eat and each person wrote love notes and testaments of support to their younger self.

The act Iā€™d created on the inside became the outside and the community was able to have a small piece of what I experienced during my time in the tomb.

Edifice, after the Closing Service, 2023. Echo Contemporary Art, Atlanta, Ga. Photographs by Travis Dodd.

I think it worked.