Paul Rucker: The symbols of systemic racism -- and how to take away their power
پائول راکر: نمادهای نژداپرستی سیستماتیک و راهحل گرفتن قدرت از آنها
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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و ممکن است برای همه مناسب نباشد]
to mark slaves as property.
بردهها را به عنوان دارایی داغ میکردند.
استفاده میشد را جمع میکنم
غیرقانونی جمع میکنم.
حلقآویزشدن را نشان میدهند.
that attended these lynchings,
تماشای دارزدن رفتهاند را نشان میدهند،
that portray black people as criminals
جمع میکنم که سیاهان را مجرم نشان میدادند
بردهها استفاده میشده.
when they were marked.
داغ زده شدند هنوز برده نبودند.
(Slave)
were going to be slaves
my imagination when I was younger
ذهنم را مشغول کرد لباس Klan بود
(انجمن ضد سیاهپوستی)
Ku Klux Klan rallies occasionally,
گاه شاهد تظاهرات کو کلوکس کلانها بودم،
never really left my mind.
هیچوقت از ذهنم پاک نشدند.
with that imagery until 25 years later.
با این تصاویر ثبت شده در ذهنم نکرده بودم.
I started researching the Klan,
تحقیق درباره کلان کردم،
had more than five million active members,
پنج میلیون عضو فعال داشت،
of the population at the time,
of New York City at the time.
neighborhood of Georgia was so busy
باک هِد جورجیا آنقدر سرش شلوغ بود
to keep up with orders.
به یک کارخانه ۲۴ ساعته تبدیل شده بود.
to keep up with the demand.
برای تامین تقاضای بازار داشتند.
and as an artist,
و به عنوان یک هنرمند،
to be part of my collection,
را در کلکسیونم داشته باشم،
and objects tell stories,
داستان روایت میکنند،
that was really good quality.
یکی با کیفیت بالا پیدا کنم.
چه کار میخواهد بکند
Klan robe that he's looking for?
که دنبالش هست را پیدا کند؟
the best quality Klan robes in America.
کلان در آمریکا را بدوزم.
you would see at any KKK rally.
تظاهرات کو کلوکس کلانها دیدید نیستند.
satins and different patterns.
ساتن و بافتهای مختلف دیگر.
I make them for young kids
تولید کردم. برای بچههای جوان
the Klan had in place
کلان ها دنبال میکردند
a hundred years ago
neighborhoods, workplaces,
محل کارهای جدا داریم،
that are keeping these policies in place.
این سیاستهای جداسازی را اجرا نمیکنند.
the long-term impact of slavery.
بلند مدت بردهداری است.
with the residue of systemic racism.
سیستماتیک سروکار نداریم.
of every single thing we do.
segregated neighborhoods,
of minorities incarcerated.
و زندانیها را داریم.
We have police brutality.
ما بیرحمی پلیس داریم.
you're being discriminated against.
که مورد تبعیض قرار گرفتهاید.
که خود را مخفی کند،
تا آن را نشان بدهم.
in America is slavery.
در آمریکا برده داری است.
Nathan Bedford Forrest,
ناتان بدفورد فارست،
and a millionaire slave trader.
و یک میلیونر تاجر برده بود.
from chattel slavery --
would boggle the mind.
برق از سر آدم میبرد.
equalled 200 million dollars.
برابر با ۲۰۰ میلیون دلار بود.
five billion dollars today.
through generational wealth.
به شکل میراث خانوادگی دیده میشود.
for the entire year.
یک ردا درست میکردم.
چیزی در من حلول کرد.
that white supremacy is there,
برتری نژاد سفید وجود دارد،
of white supremacy is not the KKK,
برتری نژاد سفید کلوکس کلان نیست،
over me at all.
are part of our history,
این اشیاء قسمتی از تاریخ ما هستند،
no more power over us.
روی ما تاثیری نداشته باشند.
and acknowledge
نگاه کنیم و بپذیریم
of who we are as a country,
به عنوان یک کشور بافته شده،
about the intentional segregation
معضل تعبیضهای نژادی عمدی بکنیم
neighborhoods and workplaces.
و در محل کارمان هست.
can we actually address
و به مقابله با آن بپردازیم
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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