Project Description
The True Story of Edges: Leimert Park presents hair as a mutable space of memory and storytelling. Playing on the African American vernacular for the fine hairs along the hairline, the artwork features the artist with a video collage within her afro that mixes contemporary images with home videos from the Prelinger Archive featuring families from Baldwin Hills, Leimert Park, Watts and South Central Los Angeles. Imagery is collaged throughout the hair of the figure, generating multiple and simultaneous narratives of the people who have lived within the surrounding communities.
About the Artist
JESSICA WIMBLEY is an interdisciplinary visual artist who develops archives to create interruptions and juxtapositions within histories of identity. Her art practice includes digital photography, video, performance, drawing, painting, and collage.
About Love, Leimert
Love, Leimert is a digital media love letter to Leimert Park, now presenting at the K Line Leimert Park Station. Connecting Metro riders to the past and present, Love, Leimert, honors the people who call Leimert Park home and those dedicated to preserving its legacy.