Dread Scott's Historic Connections meditates on the scope and history of the death penalty and police violence as they relate to today's black and Latino youth.
Scott connects the contemporary situation with that of the past, noting that for "today's Black and Latino youth, the police and the electric chair play the same role as lynch mobs at the turn of the century."
Bringing together the raw materials and symbols of degradation, this chilling installation includes an electric chair, photographs of young men behind bars and the insistent sound of billy clubs striking heads. The piece resounds with the force of an explosive ready to detonate.
