CRES Faculty Highlight
March 24, 2021
Prof. Patricia Nguyen has been selected as one of 14 new #EnvisioningJustice Artist & Humanist Commissions for projects that respond to the impacts of mass incarceration and envision a society that is restorative, healing, and just for all. With this grant, Prof. Nguyen will have the opportunity to work on an artist book entitled, "Combat Breathing & Chicago Torture Justice Memorials Project," which chronicles the stories of survivors of police violence, the process of building a monumental anti-monument, and the continued fight against mass criminalization and incarceration. Combat Breathing draws its title and inspiration from Frantz Fanon. This project archives the process of building a memorial in the context of calls to #DefundPolice and tear down racist monuments while connecting the military-industrial complex to the prison industrial complex and the significant role of policing, specifically in Chicago. This work is an archive, available in both digital and printed form, to tell the story of a movement for reparations and how a memorial becomes a symbol spearheaded by survivors to create pathways to heal.
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