In My Bag, uses art to document the stories of social, cultural and economic capital.
Typically economic capital refers to money and/or other material possessions, with a focus on income and financial wealth. In this project we include the concept of social and cultural capital. Cultural capital refers to the manners, practices, values and tastes of a certain group. While social capital is about the active connections among people; and the behaviors that unite the groups of people, networks and communities.
Capital
The purse has long been used as art and in art. A reference in music, from James Brown’s, “Papa’s got a brand new bag”, to Victoria Monet’s reference to being deep in her bag like a grandma with a peppermint. Similarly artists like Aretha Franklin are have their own bag stories. Franklin was known to carry her purse with her on stage and keep it close during performances.