ies ▁through ▁which ▁Black ▁life ▁is ▁often ▁viewed , ▁while ▁f les hing ▁out ▁a ▁nu anced ▁and ▁mult ivalent ▁Black ▁interior ity . ▁Through ▁document ary ▁film , ▁arch ival ▁foot age , ▁and ▁experimental ▁video ▁art , ▁Gary ▁charts ▁the ▁ways ▁in ▁which ▁structures ▁of ▁power ▁shape ▁our ▁per ception s ▁around ▁representation , ▁race , ▁gender , ▁sexual ity , ▁and ▁violence . ▁Gary ▁has ▁also ▁focused ▁on ▁them es ▁such ▁as ▁black ▁femin ist ▁subject ivity ▁and ▁has ▁confront ed ▁the ▁often ▁pain ful ▁history ▁of ▁these ▁subjects ▁by ▁featuring ▁arch ival ▁foot age ▁in ▁her ▁work . ▁In ▁conversation ▁with ▁Michael ▁B . ▁G illes pie , ▁a ▁film ▁the or ist ▁and ▁historian ▁at ▁the ▁Lewis ▁Center ▁for ▁the ▁Arts ▁at ▁Pr inc eton ▁University , ▁Gary ▁describes ▁her ▁process : I ▁am ▁simultaneously ▁creating ▁and ▁destroy ing , ▁rem aking ▁and ▁un making . ▁My ▁int imate ▁interaction ▁with ▁the ▁archive ... ▁express es ▁my ▁desire ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁part ▁of ▁it , ▁to ▁make ▁my ▁presence ▁felt ▁in ▁and ▁on ▁that ▁history ▁while ▁also ▁inter rog ating ▁it . G illes pie ▁notes ▁that ▁" G ary ▁rend ers ▁film ▁black ness ▁as ▁cinema ▁in ▁the ▁w ake , ▁an ▁assemb lage ▁of ▁work ▁that ▁pos es ▁new ▁circ uits ▁and ▁a est h etic ▁account ings ▁of ▁black ness , ▁social ity , ▁and ▁ob liter ation ." ▁ ▁In ▁June ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁Gary ▁was ▁among ▁the ▁found ing ▁members