Porch Sittin': An exploration of how we record, keep and measure time by watching the sun set and fall.
Artist and Archivist, Sierra King investigates how the southern practice of sitting on your porch provides time for reflection, gratitude and record keeping in a world where the demand to be productive in a capitalistic society leaves little room for rest and rejuvenation. When met with intention this practice can evolve into a ritual that is essential to an artists' making of their work and development of their interior worlds. King is guided by the primary sources in archives of Lucille Clifton, Octavia Butler, bell hooks and Toni Morrison who provide decades of insight from their lived experiences colliding with systematic barriers. Porch Sittin' is both the refusal of social constructs and reminder of our humanity.