Transcript for ‘GMA’ honors a Black muralist pushing for social change
>>> BACK NOW ON "GMA."
WE'RE ABOUT TO REVEAL THE
INCREDIBLE MURAL BY AFRO FUT
FUTURIST GEORGIE NAKIMA IN HONOR
OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
LOOK AT WHAT GOES INTO HER
PROCESS.
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VIBRANT, BOLD, AFRO FUTURISTIC,
THAT IS WHAT ARTIST GEORGIE
NAKIMA IS GOING FOR EVERY TIME
HER PAINT MEETS THE CANVAS.
HER SPRAWLING EYE-POPPING MURALS
TRANSFORMING BRICK WALLS INTO
WORKS OF ART.
>> MY WORK IS ROOTED INTO AFRO
FUTURISM.
THERE IS BLACK HOPE.
THERE'S BLACK RESILIENCE IN THE
FUTURE AND IT IS HOW WE IMAGINE
THE FUTURE THAT WE WANT TO LIVE
IN.
>> WITH THE BACKGROUND IN
BIOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY THE NORTH
CAROLINA NATIVE CREATES PIECES
WITH TIES TO NATURE AND SCIENCE
WHILE ALSO PAYING HOMAGE TO
AFRICAN HERITAGE.
>> I LOVE THE IDEA OF GOING
DEEPER INTO HISTORY, DEEPING
INTO ANCESTRY AND LOOKING INTO
THE DIASPORA AND HOW WE'RE
BONDED THROUGH OUR STRUGGLES,
OUR BEAUTY.
>> BEFORE WE REVEAL HER LATEST
CREATION, SHE WANTS US ALL TO
KNOW --
>> THIS MURAL IS A REFLECTION.
>> WE'RE JOINED BY GEORGIE
NAKIMA FROM GARDEN OF JOURNEY
AND TIME FOR THE FINAL REVEAL.
>> YES.
>> SO, GEORGIE, FOR YOU HOW DOES
IT FEEL TO KNOW YOU CREATED A
PIECE OF HISTORY THAT WILL LIVE
ON IN OUR "GMA" STUDIOS DURING
BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
>> IT FEELS AMAZING.
IT REALLY FEELS SUPER
INCREDIBLE.
>> YOU READY TO DO THIS?
>> I AM.
>> A LITTLE DRUM ROLL, PLEASE.
COME ON OVER HERE.
DRUM ROLL, PLEASE.
[ DRUM ROLL ]
>> LET'S TAKE A LOOK.
WOW, THAT IS BEAUTIFUL.
THAT IS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL.
>> THANK YOU.
>> CONGRATULATIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AND JUST AROUND TO THE
CAMERA.
WHAT ARE YOU CALLING IT?
>> THE NAME OF THIS PIECE IS
COSMIC OCEAN.
>> COSMIC OCEAN.
AND YOU SAID THAT YOUR ART IS A
REFLECTION OF YOU.
AND HOW IS THAT?
>> I MEAN IT'S A REFLECTION OF
YOU.
IT'S A REFLECTION OF ALL OF US.
A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE ASK WHO IS
IT?
WHO ARE YOU PAINTING?
I'M LIKE, IT'S YOU.
IT'S NOT MEANT TO BE A SINGLE
PERSON OR SINGLE ANYONE.
IT'S JUST SUPPOSED TO CREATE A
FEELING, SOMETHING THAT COMES
FROM WITHIN.
>> WHICH IS AMAZING.
YOU STUDIED BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY.
>> YES.
>> AND YOU'RE AN ARTIST.
>> THAT WAS A LONG TIME AGO.
THAT WAS ANOTHER LIFE.
>> ANOTHER LIFE.
>> I KNOW ALL ABOUT OTHER LIVES.
GEORGIE, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL AND
FOR EVERYBODY HERE AT "GMA," IN
HONOR OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH,
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