Grace slider Phylicia

PHYLICIA GHEE

In her video 8:46, Phylicia Ghee delivers grace from a place of pain.

“8:46 is a visual prayer named for the approximate amount of time the officer kneeled on George Floyd’s neck ultimately killing him. This work is in honor of George Floyd and countless others.”

So writes interdisciplinary artist and photographer Phylicia Ghee, whose practice—its inclusion of ritual and ceremony; its physicality—is grounded in art’s healing power and its promise of grace.

Anchored by the continuous sound of Phylicia’s breathing, 8:46 shares moments from the artist’s life in layered and overlapping imagery—a montage of inherited and learned restorative healing practices.

—Peter Bruun

8:46 visual prayer
Phylicia Ghee
9:32 single-channel video with sound
Voiceover: Phylicia Ghee

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