Food for Thought - Davion Alston

Through a series of four diptychs I have stumbled upon the name for this series "Food for Thought." All significant to recent deaths of African-American teenagers Trayvon Martin (7920 feet), Michael Brown (148 feet), and VonDerrit Meyers Jr. (4100 block of Shaw Boulevard about 7:30 p.m. Oct. 8). Each diptych communicates to the viewer the relationship of important convenient store finds and the incorporation of the titles solely being the distance they traveled or address, which conclude to their death. "Food for Thought: 148 ft. 01" and "Food for Thought: 148 ft. 02" represents Michael Brown. "Food for Thought: 7920 ft." represents Trayvon Martin. “Food for Thought: 4100 block of Shaw Boulevard about 7:30 p.m. Oct. 8” represents VonDerrit Meyers Jr.