leather, canvas and used tyre treads -wearable art; 12x10x14″

“The current crisis/era of the USA has weighed on us all and I (Jamey -USA/Kenya) even while in Kenya have not escaped how sad the USA has become. On my journey coming back for a few months to the USA I wanted to enter the country with a stand. The idea was to make a boot to kick FASCISM dead. I wore these into the country getting off the plane through the US customs and yes I got some remarks but not detained. We all must take a stand and Peter (Kenya) heard my conversations and disgust of what is happening in my home country and we discussed and came up with the idea together.”

ARTIST BIO: Jamey Ponte and Peter Opiyo collaborate on bring a boot to Fascism. Jamey, a known activist and artist living in Cincinnati, Ohio as well as Nairobi, Kenya, is a founder of East Africa’s only Arts District, known as the Kibera Arts District. Most of his work is heavily artivism on issues of wildlife, environment and social justice. Jamey sees himself mostly today as a Social Practice Art. Peter- a resident of the Kibera Arts District and leader of Moya Footwear has collaborated with Jamey on a number of customized shoes for the sole purpose of art and some for more fashionable functional wares.