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Gary Llama's interview with Dave Brown at ovolr.debackle.org

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My artwork, and the art and creative writings of folks all over Richmond, will be displayed at VCU's Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies Department's late Spring/Summer art show entitled "On Our Own Doorstep."

Trigger warning: This show will display work that references resisting institutionalized violence and oppression. So please visit and view with care!

Opening April 23rd 5:00-7:00PM 919 W. Franklin Street, 1st FL (Crenshaw House)

You can RSVP on Facebook here.

This show is being coordinated by students in the service-learning class focused on the Prison-Industrial Complex in our department, and the art has been contributed by VCU students, faculty, and community members. Also on display will be an engaging installation of creative writing from the Richmond City Jail.

Gary Llama's work will also be there, so I'm excited about that. Last year, Gary and I had the installation, "Home: An Exploration" together at Onetribe. We've been wanting to do another show together lately, so this is a good warmup for a possible show duo in the future.

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Here Gary writes about his perspective of the "Home" installation currently running at Onetribe in Manchester here in Richmond.

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With our waters overflooding

and the smudged growth of stagnation

you often live too fast

and miss what was right in front of you..

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One More Home

As a sub-project of One More Home of Richmond, Virginia, here are pictures of 100 unoccupied houses--110 empty homes in the Richmond City area.

Photos taken by Megan Osborn of Poison Affair Photography and Gary Llama.

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This article is very relevant to mine and Gary's art installation that is currently up at Onetribe. Among other artwork, we took pictures of 100 unoccupied houses--110 empty homes--to show the blatant disregard this economy has for families in need. How many people could these unoccupied homes provide shelter for? We were literally floored with the number we found just by choosing random streets to wander down within Richmond City limits... I cannot explain how much it saddens me to read that 400 unoccupied homes will be included in this open house weekend. It seems as if this event is a celebration of sorts, an almost eerie, sick parade of wealth:

Homeownership is how most families begin to accumulate wealth, said Cheryl Hamm, president of the Richmond Association Of Realtors. "There's a reason owning a home is called the American dream," said Ron Phipps, president of the National Association Of Realtors. "Homeownership benefits individuals and families, strengthens our communities and is integral to our nation's economy."

A select few become wealthy from selling homes in the market these days. While these people vie for anyone to buy their homes, there are families homeless and on the streets, unsure where they will lay their heads at night. My heart breaks every time I see an abandoned home now. This art installation has really opened my eyes to the massive scale of this issue.

Seriously, when will this end?

Will it ever?