Shelby Head
Providence, RI
My interdisciplinary practice investigates the social and linguistic constructs that shape identity, history, and collective memory in the United States.
MessageThis sequence repurposes pages from books used in the research for Interplay, treating scholarship as raw material. Folded, torn, and reassembled, each panel becomes both citation and invention. The altered texts and reproduced artworks form a visual archive of influence—echoing jazz’s tradition of sampling while honoring the intellectual and aesthetic sources behind the installation.
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