Rememory as in recollecting and remembering as in reassembling the members of the body, the family, the population of the past.
—Toni Morrison

Act I: Rememory. We reckon with past trauma and commit it to present memory.  
Act II: Inheritance. We pass on memory from our roots to each limb, to every branch of our family trees.  
Act III: Identification. We come into our own in spite of, and in tune with, the hurt of historical trauma. 
Act IV: Bloom. We heal and grow. We make it our duty to create space to expand beyond the bounds of untended wounds. We reach with limb and leaf into the future.   

Through this journey of re-membering, we trek through time and space to locate the source of our displacement, identify it, and then identify ourselves. The art we make is proof of our pain, our growth, our healing, and our transformation. “Reassembling: IV Acts,” exhibits the work of diasporic poets who recollect and reassemble the hurt, connect with the histories that have been dispersed, and initiate cultural healing.  

Curators’ Note: This exhibit is structured linearly to mirror the journey from re-membered wounds, their inheritance, identifying their impact, and then ultimately ending with healing and growth. Begin with “Re-Memory” and move with the clock until you land beneath the trees.   

Curated by Furius Flower Graduate Assistants Nikima Bell and Haylee Edwards

This exhibit is located in Union Galleries in Festival Student & Conference Center.