Don’t waste my blood sweat

Abstract

Stories Of—
My #BlackDeafDisabledArts Lives Matter

Antoine Hunter’s solo “Don’t waste my blood sweat”

A Black Deaf human seeks himself in society today witnessing both Black and Deaf & Black Deaf communities be oppressed-“No More Trouble” by Erykah Badu, a tribute to Bob Marley.

This is the story of a Black Deaf human seeking himself to hold his community today as he sees, he witnesses and he feels his Black and Deaf communities being oppressed. Looking back as a teenager…He almost died from the cross fire of a Gang related shooting. While in middle of the shooting, he saw the person in the car who was shooting. The shooting must have happened already but he didn't hear it or understand what he was feeling. Then the same day as Deaf person said he was not Deaf enough because his sign language was TOO BLACK.

How does one keep his love for the community going? #PurpleFireCrow is born.

Creator

Antoine Hunter

Title

Don’t waste my blood sweat

Date

2019

Medium

Performance Art

Description

Video still of Antoine and an interpreter on the theater stage. The silhouette of the audience is partly seen on the bottom. Antoine has dark chocolate skins and has long black locs and a half-formed ponytail., and he wore a gray shirt with a maroon long dress. He danced and looked toward the interpreter. Beside him, the interpreter is a light brown-skinned male, and he wore a black long-sleeve buttoned-up shirt and khaki pants -- he signed.

Citation

Antoine Hunter, “Don’t waste my blood sweat,” RIT/NTID Dyer Arts Center , accessed March 29, 2024, https://dyerartscenter.omeka.net/items/show/548.