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Title: Planter’s Chair
Year: 2011
Medium: Performance
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Materials: planter’s chair, participants, polaroid camera
Statement: The planter’s chair is a unique piece of furniture whose design is based on the function and power of the planter in the colonial plantation system. The long arms of the chair double as both an arm and foot rest as it was typical that a servant would assist in the removal of the planter’s boots as he propped up his feet. Individuals were asked to pose for a Polaroid photograph while sitting in the planter’s chair allowing each participant to reimagine themselves into this colonial narrative.
Exhibited: Whim Plantation Museum