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Justin Randolph Thompson


Parachute Folding from Bradly Dever Treadaway on Vimeo.

Parachute Folding documents Justin Randolph Thompson and Jason Thompson's research trip to Tuskegee Alabama to uncover a meditation on their grandfather Randolph Bromery's training as a Tuskegee Airmen. The absence of Bromery in the archive and museum space led to other forms of reflection on the legacy and significance of this training on his life and career. the work was performed at the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site in collaboration with Tuskegee University. The work was filmed and edited by Bradly Dever Treadaway and is part of the Creative Capital Funded project Surveying Gravity.