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The Art of Becoming/ The Potential Project

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My father’s conventional Liberian wisdom correctly asserts that “in order to know where you are going, you must first know where you have come from.” Now as I prepare myself for the “school of life”, another trite platitude overused by my father, I find that self-reflection is necessary, however, just like father’s adage, in order to progress, sometimes regression is compulsory. The synopsis of my work, can ultimately be described as an illustration of the “process of progress—” A personally constructed means for discovering an indispensable truth. Getting to my truth that is linked with my identity and is timelessly reinforced by my father’s adage, means using the artistic forms of sculpture, performance, video, and honesty to gain a resolution as I revisit and document the past in order to audaciously invite others into abandoned and raw experiences of a Liberian-American woman.

The Potential Project was birthed from Bentrice’s personal experience with almost losing her life in the infamous Pulse Nightclub shooting, paired with losing a talented student to gun violence. What would have happened with her unfinished work had the evening in Orlando been fatal? What comes of her student’s never-to-be-finished poetry and film projects? How can we exist in the space of desire, pain, reconstruction, and repair, and foresee a promising future for a space we call home? These are a few questions that the “Potential Project” seeks to explore and illustrate.

Learn More: https://potentialproject.art