Seconded By: Tamary Kudita,
I conceived and designed the portal as a platform for provocation—to confront gender-based violence, people criminalized for defending themselves. Surrounded by courthouses, a steel armature of a jail cell. etched on a mirror.
Twilight at the Wall of Silence; Collect Pond Park, NYC, 2022
Wall of Silence dwarfed by the 3 powerful courthouses provoked debate about the criminalization of domestic violence survivors
Performance at the Wall of Silence: Collect Pond Park, NYC 2022
At the opening storytellers used their bodies to symbolize unity and to defend their human rights to survive domestic violence
Self Portrait: Storytellers Encounter Tracy Renee. Collect Pond Park 2022
Tracy wore an ankle monitor after being released from incarceration She feared the court would send her back to jail
Cry for Mercy: Tracy McCarter Renee, Collect Pond Park, NYC 2022
Tracy McCarter nurse mother and grandmother was depressed She d spent seven months in a brutal prison without bail during Covid Suicide seemed to be her only option
Murder Trial Hearing Tracy McCarter Renee, NYC, 2022
Four armed guards hovered over her at pre-trial hearings as if she represented a dangerous risk to society
Tracy
Tracy didn t blink She refused to take a plea She knew she was innocent but feared the court would send her back to prison
Homage to Wall of Silence; Collect Pond Park, NYC 2023
Gibney Storytellers moved gracefully in silence and planted flowers in balls of clay
Love and Supreme Gratitude at the Wall of Silence, Collect Pond Park, NYC 05.12.23
At the closing ceremony a world was imagined where resources were given to heal criminalized survivors not to strip them of their rights
Lyn Butler, independent businesswoman. Collect Pond Park, NYC 05.12.23
Lyn Butler stood at the Wall of Silence to support women whose crime was self-defense
Tracy McCarter Renee: Free To Thrive. Collect Pond Park, NYC 05.12.23
At the closing ceremony Tracy spoke about her dark journey Suffering can be endured if there is a purpose to it Tracy made meaning out of suffering She intends to dedicate herself to helping others
