In "Diamond Gray Pisses on George Washington (D.G.P.O.G.W.)," I investigated the question, "how do I cleanse and dispel the generational trauma that plagued my descendants and me?" I was influenced by artist Barbara McCullough's 1979 video piece "Water Ritual #1: Urban Rite of Purification." and her approach to the Black body and the notion of reclamation. The film encapsulates bodily fluids and Pan-African ritualistic practices to challenge and reclaim the Black female form at sites in the United States. I exhibited " D.G.P.O.G.W. " in a building named "George Washington Hall" in Andover, Massachusetts. I posed my figure to urinate, expel, and purify the horrendous acts of White violence against Black femme bodies. I collaged my great-grandmother and grandmother's clothing over my figure because they act as mystical artifacts. They protect, empower and restore my existence in any space I occupy.

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