The Silence When Black Women Die by Chris Ivey
The Silence When Black Women Die by Chris Ivey
The Silence When Black Women Die is a segment from Chris Ivey’s video installation We Are Here, a four-channel video installation regarding social justice issues. Silence tackles issues of visibility and identity for black women in Pittsburgh. In the installation, advocate Tresa Murphy Green speaks bluntly of black women friends and several others whose deaths go unnoticed in the media and the city in general.
The installation piece digs deep into the trauma experienced by Pittsburgh black women knowing that the value of their lives is fractional compared to those of white women.
“My goal with We Are Here is to foster inspiration in a screening environment that is conducive to constructive discussions led by passionate advocates,” Ivey said. “I have seen the immediate impact these stories have on others. I’m thrilled to be presenting the most powerful section of the installation again in Pittsburgh with Carnegie Mellon University.”