Kinetic Light

Alice Sheppard, a light-skinned Black woman, and Laurel Lawson, a white woman, are perched with wheelchairs on very edge of the ramp, backs exposed and sculpted in the light. Above them their fetches shine like spirits. 

Laurel Lawson, a white woman, is flying in the air with arms spread wide, wheels spinning, and supported by Alice Sheppard. Alice, a light-skinned Black woman, is lifting from the ground below. They are making eye contact and smiling. 

As the sky transitions from gold to amber to red, green and blue, Alice Sheppard, a light-skinned Black woman, slides in a spider position on her stomach down the shiny ramp. The shadow of her wheelchair is visible beneath; her curly hair glows.

Alice Sheppard, a light-skinned Black woman with short curly hair, lies on her stomach on the ramp, wheels behind her. She leans off the edge of the ramp to catch Laurel Lawson in her arms. Laurel, a white woman, eyes closed, turns her head towards the camera as she drops backwards. Behind and above them a projected waterscape uses shafts of light to suggest that they are both underwater.

Alice Sheppard, a light-skinned Black woman with a crown of short curly hair, is crawling on her hands with her knees in Laurel Lawson's footplate. Laurel, a white woman, is arching her back on the ground as she is dragged along the floor. A sunset appears behind them.

Shadowy images of Rodin sculptures hang in a lilac-streaked sky. Laurel Lawson lifts Alice Sheppard onto her lap. Alice looks down at the shadowy lines on the deck of the ramp; her wheels hang and her crown of golden curly hair shines in the light. Laurel holds Alice and turns her chair.

Laurel Lawson, a white woman, balances on the footplate of Alice Sheppard’s wheelchair, with arms spread wide, wheels spinning. Alice Sheppard, a light-skinned Black woman, opens her arms wide to receive her in an embrace. They make eye contact and smile. A starry sky fills the background, and moonlight glints off their rims.

Alice Sheppard, Laurel Lawson and Michael Maag are all sitting in their wheelchairs in profile. Alice leans onto Laurel who is leaning onto Michael. They are all smiling. 

Alice is a light skinned multi-racial Black woman with brown, yellow and copper streaks in her curly hair. She smiles and gazes at the camera. A necklace of Autumn colored beads sits around her neck. 

Laurel Lawson, a white woman with short blonde hair and blue eyes, gazes away from the camera with a wry smile highlighted by crimson lipstick. 

Michael Maag smiles at you with twinkling eyes. He has white/blond hair with impressive long beard, glasses and a light complexion.

The ramp sits against a purple starry background; shards of sunrise are visible on the left of the image. On the right, the shadowy outline of a figure hangs just above the black shadowy peak of the ramp. The main deck of the ramp is covered with projections of rippling blue water.