Paul Rucker: The symbols of systemic racism -- and how to take away their power
Пол Ракер (Paul Rucker): Симболи системског расизма и како им одузети моћ
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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Садржај није прикладан за све гледаоце.]
to mark slaves as property.
робова као својине.
са призорима линчовања.
that attended these lynchings,
које су присуствовале овим линчовањима,
користиле за дописивање.
that portray black people as criminals
и приказују црнце као криминалце
when they were marked.
када су били обележени.
were going to be slaves
my imagination when I was younger
која ме је заинтересовала
Ku Klux Klan rallies occasionally,
окупљања Кју-клукс-клана;
never really left my mind.
никада заиста нису напустила мој ум.
with that imagery until 25 years later.
са тим призорима до 25 година након тога.
I started researching the Klan,
да истражујем Клан,
had more than five million active members,
од пет милиона активних чланова,
of the population at the time,
тадашњег становништва,
of New York City at the time.
града Њујорка у то време.
neighborhood of Georgia was so busy
у крају Бакхед у Џорџији
to keep up with orders.
да би одржала корак са наруџбинама.
to keep up with the demand.
20 000 одора у свако доба
and as an artist,
to be part of my collection,
буде део моје колекције,
and objects tell stories,
that was really good quality.
одору заиста доброг квалитета.
Klan robe that he's looking for?
одору Клана која му је потребна?
the best quality Klan robes in America.
најквалитетније одоре Клана у Америци.
you would see at any KKK rally.
на било којем окупљању Кју-клукс-клана.
satins and different patterns.
и различите шаре.
I make them for young kids
правим их за децу,
the Klan had in place
a hundred years ago
neighborhoods, workplaces,
насеља и радна места,
that are keeping these policies in place.
који подржавају ова правила.
the long-term impact of slavery.
дуготрајним утицајем ропства.
with the residue of systemic racism.
заоставштином системског расизма.
of every single thing we do.
segregated neighborhoods,
of minorities incarcerated.
мањина у затворима.
We have police brutality.
здравој животној околини.
да сте жртва дискриминације.
you're being discriminated against.
безбедан је јер се уклапа.
in America is slavery.
Nathan Bedford Forrest,
Нејтан Бедфорд Форест,
and a millionaire slave trader.
и трговац робовима, милионер.
from chattel slavery --
помоћу класичног ропства -
would boggle the mind.
помутило би вам ум.
equalled 200 million dollars.
износила је двеста милиона долара.
five billion dollars today.
through generational wealth.
у облику наслеђеног богатства.
for the entire year.
недељно током целе године.
доживео сам просветљење.
that white supremacy is there,
беле расе присутна,
of white supremacy is not the KKK,
није Кју-клукс-клан,
over me at all.
нису имале моћ нада мном.
are part of our history,
no more power over us.
да они више немају моћ над нама.
and acknowledge
системски расизам и признамо
of who we are as a country,
онога што нас чини земљом,
about the intentional segregation
по питању намерне расне подељености
neighborhoods and workplaces.
и на радним местима.
can we actually address
и борити против ове заоставштине ропства
заоставштину ропства.
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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