credits
concept and art direction: Todd Slaughter, Melissa Yes (collaboration initiated in 2018)
sculpture: Todd Slaughter
video and sound design: Melissa Yes
interviewees:
John Archibald: journalist, Pulitzer Prize award winner
Dr. Terron Banner: researcher, community educator
Halley Cotton: writer, editor, professor
Atticus Hill: writer, model, high school student (at time of interview)
Elaff Houmsse: artist, radiology technician
Ashley Jones: poet, professor, Poet Laureate of Alabama
Andrew Mehall: artist, graduate student (at time of interview)
Dr. Christopher McKnight Nichols: professor, scholar of U.S. intellectual, political, and cultural history
Dr. Elizabeth Sheehan: professor, interdisciplinary scholar of literature, material culture, and feminist theory
Todd Slaughter: artist, professor
“Young Identity: An Essay on Expectations” written and read by Atticus Hill
“Obituary: Atticus Finch, dead of heart failure at a ripe old age” written and read by John Archibald
sculpture contributions:
Bryan Zima: Gliding Dog, carved wood
Lucy Hanselman: Lucy's Place, crochet covered planet
fabrication assistance from Paul Simon, Andrew Newbold
video production: 1504, Yes Media
research: Tyler Jones, Todd Slaughter, Melissa Yes
interviews: Tyler Jones, Melissa Yes
1504 contributors: Jeremy Burns, Tyler Jones, Chandler Jones, Mark Slagle, Christina Terrell, Drew Young, Camille Womack
Yes Media contributors: J.R. Williams, Melissa Yes
Produced with financial support from 1504, Alabama State Council on the Arts, Greater Columbus Arts Council, Ohio Arts Council, The Ohio State University, and the Verdant Fund (a re-granting program of the Andy Warhol Foundation), and with in-kind support from The University of Alabama.
Thank you to our collaborators and interviewees, who are the beating heart of this work. Special thanks to Ray Wetzel and the Gadsden Museum of Art for granting us the space, time, and trust to present an early iteration of this research in Alabama in 2022, and to Tim Rietenbach and the Beeler Gallery for giving us the opportunity to develop and share this project with our community in Ohio.
With respect to Harper Lee and the enduring gift of her writing. Nelle, your words are with us every day.