Untitled notebook
2026
This project is a remake inspired by Arthur Jafa’s Untitled notebooks, and archival image practices, particularly his ability to construct emotional and conceptual meaning through the accumulation and sequencing of images. Rather than directly recreating one of Jafa’s films, I became interested in his method of collecting, specifically in the notebooks. My remake takes the form of a physical binder filled with collected imagery that is then documented through video as pages are turned over time. Influenced by Jafa’s understanding of montage as a way of producing feeling beyond a linear narrative, I explore the process of reconstructing the self after rupture in themes of longing, performance, isolation, intimacy, and healing.
The video is set to Midnight in Harlem by the Tedeschi Trucks Band