Shana Moulton’s installation is an homage to and critique of California-white-lady spirituality. The piece is on display at the Frye through Jan. 9. COURTESY OF THE ARTIST AND GALERIE CRÈVECOEUR, PARIS. © AURÉLIEN MOLE.
“So I just want to say I was abused by a black male babysitter at the age of three.” This statement is made by a balding and ponytailed white man about 23 minutes into The Task, a film by Leigh Ledare documenting a conference designed for participants to interrogate the social structure of the group itself. The initial close-up while this is being said is on an older African American man.
“Fuck you, Francis,” a woman’s voice says, but it’s unclear who this statement is directed at.