Beverly Buchanan, Athens, GA, 8 July 1995

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Author: Buchanan, BeverlyOn July 8, 1995, Judith McWillie brought her camcorder to Beverly Buchanan’s (1946–2015) Athens, Georgia home studio and recorded a two-hour video of their spirited exchange. The resulting experimental documentary offers an extraordinary portrait of both artists, singular in its situatedness.. This book poetically translates McWillie’s intimate primary document through an edited transcription, broken up into scenes, illustrated with video stills and annotated with contextual information. The introductory essay reflects on the enduring impact of the Black vernacular architect Mary Lou Furcron on both artists, and their converging efforts to trouble dominant hierarchies. Companion materials feature reproductions and transcribed texts from Buchanan’s and McWillie’s multi-disciplinary tributes to Furcron, further illuminating the role of the camera in their practices of remembrance, reverence and refusal.ISBN 9781940190372. Soberscove Press. pb. 320 pages. 131 colour, 2 b/w ills. 20.3 x 15.2 cm.available Show more