2024

Monuments are Here

Directed by Nuotama Bonomo

Written and Created by Solange

“Monuments Are Here” starring Gene “Shady The Great” Thomas, continues Saint Heron’s exploration of Black domesticity, Black collections, the spirituality embedded in our objects, and the constellations we create with them.

We pose the questions: 

“What do our objects say about who we are in silence? Who are we through the reflections of their existence? What stories do they intimately teach our loved ones when we aren’t present? Who are we in our homes when no one is watching? What is our right to opacity, and to choose when to be seen or not seen—sometimes claiming that right through confrontation?”

“Monuments Are Here” explores these questions through the personal collections of the Grammy Award-winning and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame artist. Primarily recognized as a vocalist, producer, and member of the legendary funk band Parliament and Funkadelic, Thomas has expanded his passions into the physical composition of personally collected objects of nostalgia.