Rooted in Consciousness 

Rooted in Consciousness #3

Rooted in Consciousness

Surface of Conscious #2

Streams of Consciousness

(Collaboration between Juba and 9th Street Studios)

Paper and white school glue. This sculpture is a critical view of hope, trauma, and grief based on the artist's lived experience. The artist gives the viewer insight into an abusive experience as a child, having to sleep in a bathtub for punishment while in foster care because of enuresis. The exterior aesthetics of the tub signify hope that cradles the child that is in despair. The documents glued to the interior of the tub are his real child welfare documents- the writings and perspectives of others about his experiences while in the foster care system. It is a reminder that his grief is real and that there is a stark contrast in how the child sees himself in his experience versus how others interpret his experience. The artist sees the words as judgments, desiring them to be just as fluid as water, wanting them to exit down the drain, but knowing this trauma will leave a lifetime full of stains on the way.
  
  

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