In Obligation To Others Hold Me In My Place (2018–23) Chloë Bass moves between studies of the public realm and family interactions. A continuation of her tracing of patterns of intimacy, Bass commissioned self-documented images of American mixed-race families, which will be presented in an upcoming four-channel video. “The idea of mixing (racially, culturally) is so often the product of violence: war, slavery, trade,” the artist explains. “… Mixture reminds us of the dangers that bring people together, and the challenging conditions that we persist to create.” These investigations led to subsequent projects including the artist’s collaboration with psychoanalyst Jamieson Webster in Say Something, Jamie (2018), her lecture performance series, This Is A Film (2018–20), and Wayfinding (2019–22).
