Impediment is Information by JJJJJerome Ellis.

JJJJJerome Ellis concert with Holland Andrew. Photo: Cameron Kelly McLeod, courtesy of ISSUE Project Room.

Photograph of a 2-page spread from The Clearing by JJJJJerome Ellis. Photo: Justin Lubliner

ANTIPHONARY

JJJJJerome Ellis is an artist and proud stutterer.

Artist Bio

ANTIPHONARY is an open-ended, ongoing song engaging the forms of book, album, and live performance. The project seeks to transfigure archives of so-called “runaway slave advertisements” and celebrate black and disabled freedom practices.

Discipline
Multimedia Performance, Poetry
Award Year
2022
Status

In Progress

Themes
JJJJJerome lies naked and fetally curled in a field of grasses.

JJJJJerome Ellis

Virginia Beach, VA

JJJJJerome Ellis is an artist and proud stutterer. He lives in Norfolk, VA with his wife, ecologist-poet Luísa Black Ellis.