Artist
Jessica Blinkhorn
Project Title
REVERENCE: We 3 – Atlanta edition
Grant Amount
$2,000
Margaret Kargbo Artist as Activist Grant
REVERENCE: We 3 is a performance series created to travel across the American landscape highlighting the lack of accessibility or failure to maintain accessibility still existing in our society. I place myself as an object of reverence to serve as a reminder of what is and what could be in areas where accessibility does not exist or has not been maintained. I am joined by two empty wheelchairs to represent my sister and my brother and all the people who have fought and continue to fight for inclusion, equity, and equality in the Disabled and Aging communities. Each performance lasts for 3 hours and participants are invited to bring flowers to be placed around the performance area and/or in the seats in the empty wheelchairs. Participants are encouraged to come back at the end of 3 hours and will be asked to help scatter the pedals around the performance area creating a mosaic of inclusion, equality and equity while highlighting the truth: we have a long way to go for full inclusion.
Jessica Elaine Blinkhorn at age 38 performing during Art in Odd Places 2018: BODY. image being used for cover of AiOP2018: BODY Catalogue Then and Now.
Photographer: Walter Wlodarcryk
Jessica Elaine Blinkhorn at age 42 performing the REVENANT WARRIOR, an edited and active version of her performance series REVERENCE: WE 3 for the Atlanta BeltLine. Blinkhorn has been selected as a BeltLine Artist for 2021-2022.
Photographer: Amy Ehrlich
Jessica Elaine Blinkhorn at age 42 performing REVERENCE: WE as part of Performance is Alive at the Satellite Art Show during Miami Art Basel 2021.
Photographer: Nicky Knodle