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ACTION COMES FROM THE BACKBONE NOT THE WISHBONE
Anne Carson / Amy Khoshbin
44.5” x 80.5” Felt banner 2018

Initially presented at the 2016 protest against Donald Trump’s inauguration, as well as the 2017-2018 Women’s Marches in Washington D.C., this banner breaks down the invisible wall between cultural institutions and the street. It resonates with the energy of protest, election, and the global pandemic of 2020. Carson researched the history of protest movements to create the text. Khoshbin’s graphic design draws from the boldness of Constructivism and the overt political signaling of the Situationists.
Anne Carson is a Canadian poet, essayist, translator, and professor of classics. Carson has published over twenty books, most of which blend the forms of poetry, essay, prose, criticism, translation, dramatic dialogue, fiction, and non-fiction. She received a Lannan Literary Award in 1996, a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1998, and a MacArthur Fellowship in 2000.
Amy Khoshbin is a Brooklyn-based artist, activist, and educator. Her work has been shown at The Whitney Museum of Art, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Times Square Arts, and The High Line. She is currently the Fellow in Civic Engagement in the Fine Arts Department at Pratt Institute.
Kifah Mohammed is an Iraqi seamstress who resides in San Antonio, Texas. Due to death threats from Al-Qaeda, Mohammed and her family left their home and fled to Syria while seeking asylum in the United States. While Mohammed and her sons were granted refugee status in 2009, her husband was denied entry and taken to Turkey, where he lived for many years until his death. In Texas, she formally trained with designer Nazneen Husain and currently works as a seamstress.