Sanford Biggers: An artist's unflinching look at racial violence
Σάνφορντ Μπίγκερς: Η ατρόμητη ματιά ενός καλλιτέχνη στη ρατσιστική βία
Sanford Biggers creates art that upends traditional narratives about topics ranging from hip hop to Buddhism to American history. Full bio
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για να πυροδοτώ περίπλοκες συζητήσεις.
to spark challenging conversations.
video and performance.
το βίντεο και την ηθοποιία.
are history and dialogue.
είναι η ιστορία και ο διάλογος.
of a lotus blossom.
ενός άνθους λωτού.
for transcendence
συμβολίζει την υπέρβαση
και του πνεύματος.
η εγκάρσια τομή ενός δουλεμπορικού.
to be the cross-section of a slave ship.
from a British slaving manual
από ένα βρετανικό εγχειρίδιο δουλείας
the atrocities of slavery.
παρουσίαση των κτηνωδιών της δουλείας.
to talk about slavery,
να μιλάμε για τη δουλεία,
ως παγκόσμια βιομηχανία.
της μαύρης Αμερικής
about our shared past.
σχετικά με το κοινό μας παρελθόν.
we carved over 6,000 figures.
σκαλίσαμε πάνω από 6.000 φιγούρες.
by the City of New York
από τον Δήμο της Νέας Υόρκης
at the Eagle Academy for Young Men,
στην Ακαδημία Νέων «Ιγκλ»,
και Λατινοαμερικάνους,
by this history.
περισσότερο από αυτή την ιστορία.
by a more recent phenomenon,
και από ένα πιο πρόσφατο φαινόμενο,
wooden African figures
around the world.
σε όλο τον κόσμο.
of them is completely debatable,
αμφισβητούνται,
ότι είναι εμποτισμένα με μια δύναμη,
to be imbued with power,
how to use this in my own work.
το χρησιμοποιήσω στη δουλειά μου.
the killings of Trayvon Martin,
της δολοφονίας του Τρέιβον Μάρτιν,
Sandra Bland, Tamir Rice
της Σάντρα Μπλαντ, του Ταμίρ Ράις
unarmed black citizens
άοπλων μαύρων πολιτών
with no punishment at all.
χωρίς καμία τιμωρία.
σε πανεπιστήμιο με κύρος,
at gunpoint by the police.
από την αστυνομία υπό την απειλή όπλου,
simply entitled "BAM."
με τον απλό τίτλο «ΜΠΑΜ».
the identity of each of these figures,
την ταυτότητα της κάθε φιγούρας,
and easier to disregard.
και εύκολο να αγνοηθούν.
brown wax
χρησιμοποιώντας σφαίρες.
high-speed video cameras.
και κάμερες υψηλής ταχύτητας.
kept me from actually pulling the trigger,
με εμπόδισε να πατήσω τη σκανδάλη,
be shooting myself.
τον ίδιο μου τον εαυτό.
fired the shots.
ο Ραούλ.
and cast them first in wax,
για ομοιώματα αρχικά από κερί,
like the image you see here,
όπως στην εικόνα που βλέπετε,
της βίαιης δημιουργίας της
of its violent creation
every gun shot to her soul.
κάθε σφαίρα στην ψυχή της.
racial violence throughout US history.
στην αμερικανική ιστορία.
than just US history.
δεν είναι απλώς ιστορία των ΗΠΑ.
what prompted these recent killings.
τι προκάλεσε αυτούς τους σκοτωμούς.
με ένα λυντσάρισμα
of a lynching postcard
have been going on for over 500 years.
συμβαίνουν για πάνω από 500 χρόνια.
about history and race
για την ιστορία και τη φυλή
ως άτομα και ως κοινωνία.
να δημιουργήσει ένα ασφαλές πεδίο
to engage one another
να συμμετέχουν
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Sanford Biggers - Conceptual artistSanford Biggers creates art that upends traditional narratives about topics ranging from hip hop to Buddhism to American history.
Why you should listen
An LA native working in NYC, Sanford Biggers creates artworks that integrate film, video, installation, sculpture, drawing, original music and performance. He intentionally complicates issues such as hip hop, Buddhism, politics, identity and art history in order to offer new perspectives and associations for established symbols. Through a multi-disciplinary formal process and a syncretic creative approach, he makes works that are as aesthetically pleasing as they are conceptual.
The significance of Biggers' work within contemporary society has been celebrated through solo exhibitions both nationally and internationally, most recently at the Brooklyn Museum, Sculpture Center and Mass MoCA. He has participated in prestigious residencies and fellowships including: Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany; Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland; Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, California; ARCUS Project Foundation, Ibaraki, Japan; and the Art in General/ Trafo Gallery Eastern European Exchange in Budapest, Hungary. He has been a fellow of the Creative Time Global Residency, the Socrates Sculpture Park Residency, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council World Views AIR Program, the Eyebeam Atelier Teaching Residency, the Studio Museum AIR Program, the P.S. 1 International Studio Program and the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture residency.
Biggers' installations, videos and performances have appeared in venues worldwide including Tate Britain and Tate Modern in London, the Whitney Museum and Studio Museum in Harlem, New York and the Yerba Bue a Center for the Arts in San Francisco, as well as institutions in China, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Poland and Russia. The artist's works have been included in notable exhibitions such as: Prospect 1 New Orleans Biennial, Illuminations at the Tate Modern, Performa 07 in NY, the Whitney Biennial and Freestyle at the Studio Museum in Harlem. His works are included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, Walker Art Center, Whitney Museum, Brooklyn Museum and Bronx Museum.
Biggers has won awards including: the American Academy in Berlin Prize, Greenfield Prize, New York City Art Teachers Association Artist-of-the-Year, Creative Time Travel Grant, Creative Capital Project Grant, New York Percent for the Arts Commission, Art Matters Grant, New York Foundation for the Arts Award, the Lambent Fellowship in the Arts, the Pennies From Heaven/ New York Community Trust Award, Tanne Foundation Award and Rema Hort Mann Foundation Award Grant.
Biggers is Assistant Professor at Columbia University's Visual Arts program and a board member of Sculpture Center, Soho House and the CUE Foundation. He has also taught at Virginia Commonwealth University’s Sculpture and Expanded Media program and was a visiting scholar at Harvard University's VES Department in 2009.
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