The current project presents a collaboration between Herman Wallace, Maria Hinds and Matthew Thompson. It documents the life of Herman Wallace, a former Black Panther and Angola 3 member, during his forty two years of solitary confinement in Louisiana state prisons. His story is told through a collection of personal items fashioned or acquired during his incarceration that testify to the resilient strength and creative ingenuity of a human spirit forced to endure decades in the harshly punitive environments the U.S. prison system.
Through artistic expression and imaginative improvisation these items became functional tools for survival, repurposed to navigate, circumvent, and ultimately transcend the constraints of prison life while affirming humanity in an otherwise inhuman set of circumstances. Embodiments of memory, self-identity, social connection and political determination, these items reflect both community and loss, inside and outside, struggle and pleasure, as well as courage and transcendent human freedom.
The project catalogues a selection of Herman’s artefacts and possessions that he gave to supporter and friend Maria Hinds.
Solitary / Herman Wallace
Collaboration with Maria Hinds
Solitary / Herman Wallace
Collaboration with Maria Hinds
The current project presents a collaboration between Herman Wallace, Maria Hinds and Matthew Thompson. It documents the life of Herman Wallace, a former Black Panther and Angola 3 member, during his forty two years of solitary confinement in Louisiana state prisons. His story is told through a collection of personal items fashioned or acquired during his incarceration that testify to the resilient strength and creative ingenuity of a human spirit forced to endure decades in the harshly punitive environments the U.S. prison system.
Through artistic expression and imaginative improvisation these items became functional tools for survival, repurposed to navigate, circumvent, and ultimately transcend the constraints of prison life while affirming humanity in an otherwise inhuman set of circumstances. Embodiments of memory, self-identity, social connection and political determination, these items reflect both community and loss, inside and outside, struggle and pleasure, as well as courage and transcendent human freedom.
The project catalogues a selection of Herman’s artefacts and possessions that he gave to supporter and friend Maria Hinds.
Brand
Philips, Los Angeles
Philips, New York
Philips, Europe
Dublin Landings
Oxford Science Innovation / 18
Oxford Science Innovation / 19
NCAD Exhibition / Dublin Airport
NCAD Prospectus 2012-16
Fineblooms, Dubai
Stamicarbon, Mongolia
Stamicarbon, Bangladesh
Steelcase, Hong Kong
Inis Meáin Knitwear Co. / 17
Inis Meáin Knitwear Co. / 18
Inis Meáin Knitwear Co. / 19
Inis Meáin Knitwear SS Co. / 20
Inis Meáin Knitwear AW Co. / 20
Saba Cook Book
Helen Cody / 16
Helen Cody / 17
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Brand
Philips, Los Angeles
Philips, New York
Philips, Europe
Dublin Landings
Oxford Science Innovation / 18
Oxford Science Innovation / 19
NCAD Exhibition / Dublin Airport
NCAD Prospectus 2012-16
Fineblooms, Dubai
Stamicarbon, Mongolia
Stamicarbon, Bangladesh
Steelcase, Hong Kong
Inis Meáin Knitwear Co. / 17
Inis Meáin Knitwear Co. / 18
Inis Meáin Knitwear Co. / 19
Inis Meáin Knitwear SS Co. / 20
Inis Meáin Knitwear AW Co. / 20
Saba Cook Book
Helen Cody / 16
Helen Cody / 17
Portraits
Read By Films
Film
Editorial
Art Commissions
Projects