Obama Skirt Project: Archive

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CELEBRATE “BLACK PRESIDENT’S DAY WEEKEND” WITH THE...

We’ve officially declared Feb 19-21 Black President’s Day Weekend and have a host of events to celebrate! Events start daily at 12pm @ Harlem Textile Works: Make a limited edition “2011 Black President’s Day” Obama Skirt Shop with the Obama Skirt Project Fashion designers Attend a special workshop for Nina Simone’s birthday Click here for schedule & directions Can’t make...

Feb 19th

Today's the day!

Round 2 of the Obama Skirt Project (Official title: From Here I Saw What Happened And I Could Not Understand) starts today. In fact, it’s going on right now :) I am stuck in my apartment with a stomach flu or some yucky bug… But despite this, all continues to work out well. Last night, my neighbor just happened to be at Wunmi’s studio and was able to bring back my round 2 dress...

Sep 14th

090610 Almost there

Just a few more days till Round 2. Almost all the women are in place. Went by Nzinga’s today to show her the new khangas that arrived -straight from Kenya! She decided to trade her blue khangas in for the red ones with the same pattern :) Also, Nsenga convinced her to make dresses instead of tops. Can’t wait to see how they turn out! Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry®

Sep 6th

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So far, so good

Today Wunmi and I will meet for the first time. Wunmi is a Nigerian artist, born and raised in the UK. She has lived in Brooklyn for years now and her musical performances are legendary. I was introduced to her by LaRonda, from the Black Rock Coalition. (You remember LaRonda. She introduced me to another amazingly talented musician, Honeychild Coleman, earlier this summer.) Like Honeychild, Wunmi...

Sep 2nd

2day

I dropped off Kangas with Nzinga, and photographed Jennifer get fitted for an Obama skirt. Jennifer is getting a dress and a skirt from Kebbe -she fell in love with a style in the lookbook. Nzinga and I got into an interesting debate about whether or not being 2nd generation Trinidadian, born in the US counts as African-American. She raised several strong points, and I guess kinda won because the...

Aug 16th

“Radio Announcer says: President Barack Obama, what do you think of Ed Lover?”

– And Barack says: ‘He’s a jackass’ This mixed and remixed clip was brought to you by Power 105.1 FM… Definitely not in my dream about having our first black president… Kinda funny tho… Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry®

Jul 15th

070110 South Africa dress, 3/4 sleeve dress shirt,...

Payday. Raise day. 1st raise in almost two years. When I came they had a hiring freeze. Now they’re giving us a raise. Just 3%, but still. That’s progress right? When I came, Bush was in office and the economy was sliding down like there was no tomorrow. There must be some progress… I never read the papers much or watch tv. Haven’t done it much since September 11th. Long...

Jul 2nd

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But the best part of all is I get to scream at the top of my lungs everyday. Thanks Yoko! (You can do it too… in a mike even… Her scream piece is in the atrium) Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry®

Jun 30th

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Jun 30th

Jun 15th

Today on the Price is Right

Name someone famous with Martin in their name: #6 -> Martin Luther King Jr #1 -> Martin Lawrence Sorry MLK… Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry®

Jun 15th

Jun 8th

Alfredo...

The work is always the creation of a new reality. So how do you build this new reality that, one way or the other, translates the lived experience?” - Alfredo Jaar Am going to work on Alfredo’s piece at the Kitchen tomorrow. Come by and say hi! ps. Check out the link that’s one of my project’s Diva Dutch @ the bottom on the right.

Jun 5th

Well hunh...

You know I thought I had gotten used to this whole Obama Skirt thing, but, clearly I was off… Am starting to think folks in my neighborhood may have just gotten used to me wearing the skirt, because since I stepped into Newark airport 6 hours ago, I’ve gotten more looks and comments than I do in 3 or 4 days back in Brooklyn… Hmmm… I am looking forward to not being a...

May 29th

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May 21st

Rollin home from the Greater NY opening @ PS1

This laid back hipster on the train seat caddy corner to me has lemon yellow acid wash skinny jeans and a patched together windbreaker jacket made out of fabric that looks like clouds floating by on a dish water grey-ish blue sky. I want acid wash jeans! I want grungy black worn out sweaters… clunky black boots and off the shoulder tops… I want skinny jeans to rock with -to rock with...

May 21st

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Apr 22nd

Never in a Month of Sundays

Did I think I’d meet Martin Dixon (the man behind those superb looking “Live United” ads) and end up on his homepage , on Easter Sunday even…

Apr 11th

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Mar 29th

Watch

As you have probably heard many times, I’ve been on a quest as of late to document this project in ways that discourage viewers from thinking that seeing the documentation is the same as experiencing the 365 day piece. So here goes Obama Skirt Documentation #1, designed to be its own completely separate work of art. Hopefully it captures a little bit of how I feel about wearing the dresses. ...

Mar 28th

Secret performance - Stay tuned for details!

Hey Ladies & Gents, This just in: there’s a secret performance in the works. This week in NYC. Stay tuned for details! Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry®

Mar 26th

2day was the craziest day...

Would you believe I almost met Michelle Obama? I was this close… literally, like 10 feet away. Not really down about it… getting this close is better than never getting close at all… Oh, so the back story is I read an article where Michelle was advocating for the Arts and I got this idea in my head to do a performance art piece @the White House. Definitely not one of my goals...

Mar 24th

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Never in my dreams about our first black president did I picture my mom being on his/her mailing list…

Mar 23rd

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Mar 13th

new styles!

Today I threaded an elastic string through the bottom seam on the Mali skirt and tada: bubble top. With an optional ruffled trim even…

Mar 2nd

Lagos halter dress

Went with Charmaine Bee and Kenya Robinson to see Marina Abramovic speak… We looked like 3 birds of a feather: Brown skinned, smiling, trim, happy nappy, clever, creative, and radiating sunshine ;) It was nice not to feel like the only one… Marina was surprisingly comedic. She’s also planning on remaining silent for the entire duration of her 3 month piece @ MoMA, even when...

Mar 1st

Lagos halter dress

Rehearsal went great. Full of surprises, as always. Almost picked up some free clothes, but thought better of it. I know exactly what I’m going to be wearing until July. No need to pick up things that don’t coordinate.

Feb 28th

Blah

Blah. Germs. Go away little germs, go-o-o-o so very far a-away little ge-er-er-erms… To the tune of Marlena Shaw’s “run away little boy” even.

Feb 27th

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Feb 27th