Paul Rucker: The symbols of systemic racism -- and how to take away their power
पॉल रकर: व्यवस्थित नस्लवाद के प्रतीक -- और उन्हें शक्तिहीन कैसे किया जाये
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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दर्शक अपने विवेक से काम लें]
to mark slaves as property.
गुलामों को चिह्नित करने के लिए होता था।
पोस्टकार्ड इकट्ठे करता हूँ।
that attended these lynchings,
जो फाँसी देते देखती थी,
that portray black people as criminals
इकट्ठा करता हूँ जो अश्वेतों को अपराधी
निशान लगाने के लिए किया जाता था।
when they were marked.
तब वे असल में ग़ुलाम नहीं थे।
were going to be slaves
ग़ुलाम बनने वाले हैं
my imagination when I was younger
मेरा ध्यान अपनी ओर खींचा
Ku Klux Klan rallies occasionally,
कभी-कभी कू क्लक्स क्लान रैली देखी,
never really left my mind.
मेरे जहन से कभी नहीं निकलीं।
with that imagery until 25 years later.
उन यादों के साथ कुछ भी नहीं किया।
I started researching the Klan,
मैंने क्लान पर शोध करना शुरू किया,
had more than five million active members,
पांच मिलियन से अधिक सक्रिय सदस्य थे,
of the population at the time,
पांच प्रतिशत था,
of New York City at the time.
कुल जनसंख्या थी।
neighborhood of Georgia was so busy
जो जॉर्जिया के पड़ोस में था
to keep up with orders.
जिसके पास ऑर्डर आते रहते थे।
to keep up with the demand.
20,000 लबादे तैयार रखने पड़ते थे।
and as an artist,
और एक कलाकार होने के नाते,
to be part of my collection,
हिस्सा बनाना चाहता था,
and objects tell stories,
कहानियाँ बताती हैं,
that was really good quality.
जो अच्छी हालत में हो।
Klan robe that he's looking for?
क्लान रोब न ढूँढ पा रहा हो?
the best quality Klan robes in America.
सर्वश्रेष्ठ क्लान रोब बनाऊँगा।
you would see at any KKK rally.
जिन्हें आप किसी केकेके रैली में देख पाएँ।
इस्तेमाल किया,
satins and different patterns.
और अलग-अलग नमूने इस्तेमाल किए।
I make them for young kids
बच्चों के लिए
नवजात शिशु के लिए भी बनाया।
the Klan had in place
क्लान ने लागू किया
a hundred years ago
लागू करना चाहता था
neighborhoods, workplaces,
अलग रखा,
that are keeping these policies in place.
जो इन नीतियों को लागू करते हैं।
the long-term impact of slavery.
with the residue of systemic racism.
सामना नहीं कर रहे हैं।
of every single thing we do.
यह उसका आधार है।
segregated neighborhoods,
of minorities incarcerated.
असमान प्रतिनिधित्व है।
We have police brutality.
हमारे यहाँ पुलिस की क्रूरता है।
you're being discriminated against.
आपके साथ भेदभाव हो रहा है।
यह लबादा बनाया है।
in America is slavery.
Nathan Bedford Forrest,
नाथन बेडफोर्ड फोरेस्ट,
and a millionaire slave trader.
और एक करोड़पति दास व्यापारी था।
from chattel slavery --
would boggle the mind.
आपका दिमाग चकरा जायेगा।
equalled 200 million dollars.
लगभग 200 मिलियन डॉलर के बराबर थी।
five billion dollars today.
पांच अरब डॉलर के बराबर होगा।
through generational wealth.
रूप में उपलब्ध है।
for the entire year.
एक लबादा बनाया।
मुझे एक बात समझ आई।
that white supremacy is there,
कि श्वेत लोगों का वर्चस्व बना हुआ है,
of white supremacy is not the KKK,
सबसे बड़ी ताकत केकेके नहीं है,
over me at all.
are part of our history,
हमारे इतिहास का हिस्सा हैं,
no more power over us.
ये हम पर हावी होना छोड़ दें।
and acknowledge
और स्वीकार करें
of who we are as a country,
यह हमारे कण-कण में बसा हुआ है,
about the intentional segregation
जानबूझकर अलग रख पाएँगे
neighborhoods and workplaces.
पड़ोस और कार्यालयों से।
can we actually address
हम असल में
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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