Her work reimagines Black archives through abstraction, exploring interwoven histories of the Chitlin Circuit – its social infrastructure alongside its visible built environment. The scope of this exploration covers the network of venues, the architecture of each building, the energy of the crowd, the memories of community members – and how they function together as elements of collective memory. Through photography, video, collage, and drawings, she investigates how generations “speak” to one another through event and architecture. In doing so, she seeks to uncover deeper insight into how these spaces of creativity, leisure, and cultural production resist erasure and preserve stories for future generations.

Cacie is currently a 2nd-year graduate student pursuing her Master of Fine Art degree at the University of Pennsylvania.