Chicago, Westside...
A Black teenager rides a bicycle while chatting on his cellphone. He casts a perfect silhouette against a brightly graffitied, abandoned building. There are no identifiable features, nothing distinct… a cardboard cutout in the shape of a human being.
Rolling by on two wheels - this metaphor for what it often means to be Black in these United States.
*Title inspired by the film Black Art: In the Absence of Light.