YEAR-END STUDIO UPDATE | Witnessing the Invisible on a Grand Scale: How 2020 Brought Everything Into Sharp Focus
Gabrielle Senza, video still from work in progress. Hello, Dear One ~I’ve missed you.I’ve worried about you.And have thought about you often.What has this year been like for you?What changes have occurred in your life?What challenges, silver linings, or discoveries have you encountered?What losses have you endured?Most of all, I want to know, are you well?Are you happy? Are you safe?Last January, I was beginning my thesis on the phenomenon of social and physical invisibility, when a deadly invisible virus began circling the globe. COVID-19 not only halted life as we knew it, the worldwide pause also revealed the invisible pandemic of racism to many who had not yet noticed - or refused to acknowledge it.Suddenly (and finally) everybody was willing to talk about the impacts of implicit systems of…