The Lotus House Women’s Shelter~ Artist in Residence

Antonia Wright, The Lotus House Women’s Shelter ~ Artist in Residence, Women Who Stand on The Sun, 2012, HD video (excerpt)

During the month of April, Wright lived at the Lotus House Women’s Shelter as an artist-in-residence. Situated in the heart of the Overtown neighborhood of Miami, the shelter serves over 680 women and children annually who are without shelter, whether due to domestic violence, medical or health issues, disabilities, loss of employment or other economic […]

Love on an Escalator

Love on an Escalator Image 1

In Love on an Escalator, Antonia Wright and Ruben Millares, kiss in public. In the work, one sees the audience encounter the artists; they comment, laugh, look, don’t look, look away uncomfortably, and look again. In this on-going project, the simple repeated gesture of the kiss tests the rules of social conduct. In a society […]