MATEO RUIZ GONZALEZ
Chilluns Croon
08 April 2022 - 14 April 2022
08 April 2022 - 14 April 2022
Based on the historical archive Black Wide-Awake (documents of genealogical and historical
interest of Wilson County, North Carolina’s African-American past curated by Lisa Y. Henderson)
Chilluns’ Croon investigates themes of slavery, absence, remembrance, spirituality, mortality
and morality of African American families from Wilson, NC.
Reflecting on old transcripts from the Federal Writers Project - told by African former slaves, the
symbolic series is a compilation of photographs that resembled old spiritual beliefs and stories
of love and loss from the time of slavery. A modern crumbling landscape where new generations
from families of freed slaves keep fighting for equality and awareness.



















