SHIKEITH, STILL WATERS RUN DEEP, 2021
Ship sails, water, blue led lights, wood, five-channel video projection, sound, accompanied by "Memory's Blood" a poem by Jaylen Strong
Installation view from the ‘Imagine Otherwise’ exhibition at MoCA Cleveland, 2021.
“Shikeith explores how Black queer re-making is a sacred space and practice in his two-part installation, still waters run deep / fall in your ways (2021). Using poetry, historical narratives, ambient recordings of children's rhymes, shades of blue, dance, and organic elements such as water, Shikeith maps Black men's negotiations of intimacy and routes toward freedom beyond architectural and societal constraints.” - MOCA