Jax Ohashi

Curious Voids: A History Textbook

The ties for the accordion pages reference the form of butterflies, a universal symbol of hope, travel, and change. I’ve come to see this piece not as an artist’s book but as a maquette for a larger sculpture where viewers can peer in between the pages and wonder:

how much presence do the people like me hold in history?

What parts are missing? Can we ever get the whole story?

—Jax Ohashi

Simonne Francis

Untitled

The resulting poem attempts to highlight who The Constitution was written for and who it is still designed to protect in present time.

—Simonne Francis