Brooklyn artist Adama Delphine Fawundu told Hyperallergic that while she plans to vote for Kamala Harris, she is tired of going through election cycles “where we are voting for the ‘lesser evil.’” Her video performance work “In the Face of History Freedom Cape” (2020), which contends with the issue of voting in the wake of George Floyd’s murder and the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020, is currently on view at Prospect Park’s Lefferts Historic House through December 1.
Rewatching the piece, Fawundu recounted, gave her “chills.”
“Because it was like, ‘Here we are again with these mixed feelings about our future and who’s going to be the president,’” the artist said. She is still researching the candidates running in this year’s countywide judicial races, and stressed the importance of engaging with local elected officials outside of election cycles.
“I don’t think we should be waiting until it’s time to vote to be so fed up,” Fawundu said.
