Graph representation of my Starving Artist essay series / 2021
Starving Artist Tree Poem is a word tree mapping all instances of the "starving artist" and subsequent sentences in my essay series, Free Art & Racism: unpacking the role of unpaid labor in perpetuating racism and exploitation.
Free Art & Racism: unpacking the role of unpaid labor in perpetuating racism and exploitation is a three-part, 6,000 word essay series that investigates how the term, Starving Artist was invented, why the archetype is profitable, how the stigma perpetuates harm today, and what we might do to dismantle the trope.
Full view of the word tree map
Close-up 1 of the word tree map
Close-up 2 of the word tree map
Title: Starving Artist Tree Poem
Medium: digital print on paper
Dimensions: 22 x 36 inches