New interactive exhibit ‘None of
the Above’ opens in Founders Hall
BY ABE KENMORE
Staff Writer
A student's desk covered with
detention slips. Portraits of scowling
teachers and students. A game board
for a game that cannot be won.
All these pieces reveal different
facets of one narrative in the words
of those most affected; forcing North
Carolina's minority youth out of
school and into the criminal justice
system.
This trend, known as the "school-
to-prison pipeline," is the topic of
the art exhibit "None of the Above:
Dismantling the SchOol-to-Prison
Pipeline," created by the Durham-
based organization Hidden Voices.
Installed in the West Gallery of
Founders Hall on Feb. 10, "None of the
Above" is a multimedia, interactive
gallery installation.
"(The exhibit) educates students
about poverty, race, education and
incarceration — it covers a huge swath
of issues," Lynden Harris, director of
Hidden Voices, told The Guilfordian
in a phone interview.
While "None of the Above" includes
more traditional, wall-mounted
art, it also incorporates some less
conventional installations. One such
piece, a desk with the word "boring"
scrawled across the top, holds an MP3
player containing the reflections of
students and teachers. Another table
displays two View-Master toys that
present information at the pull of a
lever.
First-year Iain Parrott
described the piece that
most caught his attention: a
desk with an American flag
painted with brown and
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