Artist Deun Ivory's "the body: a home for love" Stories from Black Women
Through VSCO Voices, artist Deun Ivory was funded and mentored for her project that tells the story of marginalized communities in America. In the body: a home for love, Ivory narrates the series exploring black women, including herself on their past experiences with sexual abuse as a result of patriarchy, lack of male accountability and sexualization of young black girls. Through interviews and visual documentation, the series takes an honest look at the scarring baggage the abuse has left each woman and how they’re reclaiming their bodies as a dwelling place for love, joy, beauty and comfort.
“This journey has been life altering in every way possible, primarily because it has required me to face and accept this truth: I am traumatized by my childhood experiences and by men, especially men of God. After numerous conversations from this project, I realized how I’ve cultivated an ability to disassociate from situations or truths that bring forth pain, not realizing how it has also robbed me of the ability to experience joy and emotional attachment.”
