Paul Rucker: The symbols of systemic racism -- and how to take away their power
Paul Rucker: Sistematik ırkçılığın sembolleri -- ve onların gücünü yok etmenin yolları
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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görüntülere sahiptir]
to mark slaves as property.
kullanılan dağlama demirlerini toplarım.
that attended these lynchings,
muazzam toplulukları tasvir ederler
that portray black people as criminals
ruhsuz hayvanlar olarak betimleyen
when they were marked.
sırada köle değillerdi.
were going to be slaves
my imagination when I was younger
ya da imge ise
Ku Klux Klan rallies occasionally,
Ku Klux Klan mitinglerine şahit olurdum,
never really left my mind.
nasılsa hiç çıkmadı.
with that imagery until 25 years later.
pek de bir şey yapmadım.
I started researching the Klan,
3 belirgin dalgasını,
had more than five million active members,
milyondan fazla üyeye sahipti,
of the population at the time,
yüzde 5'i olmakla beraber
of New York City at the time.
neighborhood of Georgia was so busy
Klan cüppe fabrikası o kadar meşguldü ki
to keep up with orders.
bir fabrikaya dönüşmek zorunda kaldı.
to keep up with the demand.
hep 20.000 hazır cüppe tuttular.
and as an artist,
to be part of my collection,
girmesini çok istemiştim
and objects tell stories,
hikayeler anlatır
that was really good quality.
kalitede olanı bulamamıştım.
Klan robe that he's looking for?
Amerika'da ne işi var ki?
the best quality Klan robes in America.
Klan cüppelerini yapmaya karar verdim.
you would see at any KKK rally.
geleneksel Klan cüppeleri değil.
satins and different patterns.
farklı desenler kullandım.
I make them for young kids
için yapıyorum, genç ve
dahil olmak üzere.
the Klan had in place
bir yüzyıl önce yerleştirdiği
a hundred years ago
neighborhoods, workplaces,
iş yerlerimiz var
that are keeping these policies in place.
cüppe giyenler insanlar da değil.
the long-term impact of slavery.
uzun vadeli etkisi üzerindedir.
with the residue of systemic racism.
kalıntısıyla uğraşmıyoruz.
of every single thing we do.
temelinde yatan bir şey bu.
segregated neighborhoods,
of minorities incarcerated.
şekilde temsil ediliyor.
We have police brutality.
Polis zulmü var.
you're being discriminated against.
bunu her zaman kanıtlayamazsınız.
bunu gostermekti.
in America is slavery.
temelinde kölelik vardır.
Nathan Bedford Forrest,
Nathan Bedford Forrest,
and a millionaire slave trader.
milyoner köle tuccarıydı.
from chattel slavery --
would boggle the mind.
insanı hayrete düşürürdü.
equalled 200 million dollars.
200 milyon dolar getirmişti.
five billion dollars today.
through generational wealth.
nesilsel zenginliğinde görülebilir.
for the entire year.
bir cüppe yapmıştım.
bir şeyi kavradım.
that white supremacy is there,
bir yerde olduğunu fark ettim,
of white supremacy is not the KKK,
en büyük gücü KKK değil,
normalleştirilmesiydi.
over me at all.
hiçbir gücü yoktu.
ve cüppelere,
are part of our history,
olduğunu fark edersek,
no more power over us.
olmayacakları bir yol bulabiliriz.
and acknowledge
bunun ülkemizin temeline
of who we are as a country,
about the intentional segregation
ve iş yerlerimizdeki
neighborhoods and workplaces.
bir şey yapabiliriz.
can we actually address
yerinden sökebiliriz.
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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