BLACK TRINITY T.C.H. JACOBS Between beauty and horror Weefur, Leila, Gross, Elena, Sming Sming Books (Firm), Video installations (Art) Aesthetics, Black Blacks TCH BLA 1959 C111 Or. Published on the occasion of the exhibition Leila Weefur: Between Beauty & Horror at Aggregate Space Gallery, 801 W. Grand Ave, Oakland, CA 15 Feburary - 23 March, 2019 Accompanied by a bookmark listing the International Morse Code alphabet Leila Weefur's Between Beauty & Horror is an extension of Weefur's video installation of the same name exploring the symbiotic nature of beauty and horror. The film's poetic narrative explores this particular duality as an intrinsic part of the Black experience. It posits abjection, violence, and eroticism as the ingredients that make up the "between" and are considered to be the binding agents of Beauty & Horror. The book features essays by Leila Weefur & Elena Gross. -- Text 62 pages :