Paul Rucker: The symbols of systemic racism -- and how to take away their power
Πολ Ράκερ: Τα σύμβολα του συστημικού ρατσισμού -- και πώς να τα αποδυναμώσουμε
Paul Rucker creates art that explores issues related to mass incarceration, racially-motivated violence, police brutality and the continuing impact of slavery in the US. Full bio
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Συνιστάται η διακριτικότητα του θεατή]
τον στιγματισμό των σκλάβων σαν περιουσία.
to mark slaves as property.
that attended these lynchings,
που παρακολούθησε αυτά τα λιντσαρίσματα,
τους μαύρους ανθρώπους σαν εγκληματίες
that portray black people as criminals
για να μαρκάρει τους σκλάβους.
σκλάβοι όταν τους μάρκαραν.
when they were marked.
were going to be slaves
να γίνουν σκλάβοι
τη φαντασία μου όταν ήμουν νέος
my imagination when I was younger
Ku Klux Klan rallies occasionally,
να δω ορδές της Κουν Κλουξ Κλαν συχνά,
never really left my mind.
δεν έφυγαν ποτέ από τη σκέψη μου.
with that imagery until 25 years later.
μέχρι πριν από είκοσι πέντε χρόνια.
να μελετώ την Κλαν,
I started researching the Klan,
had more than five million active members,
από πέντε εκατομμύρια ενεργά μέλη,
of the population at the time,
του πληθυσμού της εποχής εκείνης,
της Νέας Υόρκης την εποχή εκείνη.
of New York City at the time.
Μπάκχεντ της Τζόρτζια είχε τόση δουλειά
neighborhood of Georgia was so busy
to keep up with orders.
για να συνεχίσει με τις παραγγελίες.
to keep up with the demand.
συμβαδίσουν με τη ζήτηση ανά πάσα στιγμή.
και ως καλλιτέχνης,
and as an artist,
σαν κομμάτι της συλλογής μου,
to be part of my collection,
and objects tell stories,
και τα αντικείμενα λένε ιστορίες,
που να ήταν πολύ καλής ποιότητας.
that was really good quality.
άντρας στην Αμερική
Klan robe that he's looking for?
της ρόμπας Κλαν που ψάχνει;
the best quality Klan robes in America.
ποιότητα ρόμπας Κλαν στην Αμερική.
που θα βλέπατε σε οποιαδήποτε ομιλία ΚΚΚ.
you would see at any KKK rally.
satins and different patterns.
σατέν και διάφορα μοτίβα.
I make them for young kids
τις φτιάχνω για νέα παιδιά
the Klan had in place
που έθετε σε εφαρμογή η Κλαν
a hundred years ago
γειτονιές, χώρους εργασίας,
neighborhoods, workplaces,
που διατηρούν αυτές τις πολιτικές.
that are keeping these policies in place.
στη μακροπρόθεσμη επίδραση της σκλαβιάς.
the long-term impact of slavery.
του συστημικού ρατσισμού.
with the residue of systemic racism.
of every single thing we do.
πράγματος που κάνουμε.
segregated neighborhoods,
διαχωρισμένες γειτονιές,
of minorities incarcerated.
των φυλακισμένων μειονοτήτων.
Αντιμετωπίζουμε αστυνομική βία.
We have police brutality.
you're being discriminated against.
έχουν μεροληπτήσει εναντίον σας.
για να το κάνω πιο σαφές.
in America is slavery.
στην Αμερική είναι η δουλεία.
του καπιταλισμού.
Nathan Bedford Forrest,
ο Νέιθαν Μπέντφορντ Φόρεστ,
κι ένας εκατομμυριούχος δουλέμπορος.
and a millionaire slave trader.
from chattel slavery --
από το προπύργιο της δουλείας --
θα μπορούσε να σαστίσει το μυαλό.
would boggle the mind.
equalled 200 million dollars.
έφταναν τα 200 εκατομμύρια δολάρια.
five billion dollars today.
δισεκατομμύρια δολάρια σήμερα.
through generational wealth.
σήμερα μέσω του πλούτου των γενεών.
την εβδομάδα για όλο τον χρόνο.
for the entire year.
that white supremacy is there,
ότι η λευκή υπεροχή ήταν εκεί,
of white supremacy is not the KKK,
λευκής υπεροχής δεν είναι η ΚΚΚ,
του συστημικού ρατσισμού.
over me at all.
καμία εξουσία πάνω μου.
τις χειροπέδες, τις ρόμπες --
are part of our history,
κομμάτι της ιστορίας μας,
no more power over us.
δεν θα έχουν πλέον εξουσία πάνω μας.
and acknowledge
ρατσισμό κι αναγνωρίσουμε
που δείχνει ποιοι είμαστε σαν χώρα
of who we are as a country,
about the intentional segregation
για την εσκεμμένη διάκριση
και στους εργασιακούς χώρους.
neighborhoods and workplaces.
πράγματι να απευθυνθούμε
can we actually address
αυτή την κληρονομιά της δουλείας
της κληρονομιάς της.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Paul Rucker - Visual artist, cellistPaul Rucker creates art that explores issues related to mass incarceration, racially-motivated violence, police brutality and the continuing impact of slavery in the US.
Why you should listen
Paul Rucker is a visual artist, composer, and musician who often combines media, integrating live performance, sound, original compositions and visual art. His work is the product of a rich interactive process, through which he investigates community impacts, human rights issues, historical research and basic human emotions surrounding particular subject matter. Much of his current work focuses on the Prison Industrial Complex and the many issues accompanying incarceration in its relationship to slavery. He has presented performances and visual art exhibitions across the country and has collaborated with educational institutions to address the issue of mass incarceration. Presentations have taken place in schools, active prisons and also inactive prisons such as Alcatraz.
His largest installation to date, REWIND, garnered praise from Baltimore Magazine awarding Rucker "Best Artist 2015." Additionally, REWIND received "Best Solo Show 2015" and "#1 Art Show of 2015" from Baltimore City Paper, reviews by The Huffington Post, Artnet News, Washington Post, The Root and The Real News Network. Rucker has received numerous grants, awards and residencies for visual art and music. He is a 2012 Creative Capital Grantee in visual art as well as a 2014 and 2018 MAP (Multi-Arts Production) Fund Grantee for performance. In 2015 he received a prestigious Joan Mitchell Painters & Sculptors Grant as well as the Mary Sawyer Baker Award. In 2016 Paul received the Rauschenberg Artist as Activist fellowship and the Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship, for which he is the first artist in residence at the new National Museum of African American Culture.
Residencies include MacDowell Colony, Blue Mountain Center, Ucross Foundation, Art OMI, Banff Centre, Pilchuck Glass School, Rauschenberg Residency, Joan Mitchell Residency, Hemera Artist Retreat, Air Serembe, Creative Alliance and the Rockefeller Foundation Study Center in Bellagio, Italy. In 2013-2015, he was the Robert W. Deutsch Foundation Artist in Residence and Research Fellow at the Maryland Institute College of Art. He was most recently awarded a 2017 John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, a 2018 TED Fellowship and the 2018 Arts Innovator Award from the Dale and Leslie Chihuly Foundation and Artist Trust. Rucker is an iCubed Visiting Arts Fellow embedded at the Institute for Contemporary Art at Virginia Commonwealth University.
Rucker's latest work, Storm in the Time of Shelter, an installation of 52 custom Ku Klux Klan robes and related artifacts, is featured in the exhibition "Declaration," on view at the new Institute for Contemporary Art at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia through September 9, 2018.
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