Khaleelah I. L. Harris (b. 96) is a multi-disciplinary vernacular artist whose practice, an exploration of hoodoo aesthetics, is grounded in experimentation, ritual, and sustainability. Her Hoodoo Methodology translates key principals the ethnoreligious tradition of Hoodoo; 1) Archival Ancestral Veneration, (2) Vernacularism, (3) Ritual, and (4) Herbalism/Root Magic.

Alternative photography processes, white silhouette cut outs of archival images, and the mixed media collage practice come together in her exploration of the spiritual netherworld of African American Women by using African American folklore as the storytelling framework. As she  pulls on the established literary tradition, The Women Could Fly layers white silhouette cut outs of archival images, deep blue hues of the cyanotype printmaking process, oil pastel, Austrian crystals, plants, and natural fibers to create a reality through which she makes interventions within Afrofuturist theory from a metaphysical and ontological perspective. In doing so, Harris presents arguments about the nature and character of black existence across time. 

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