LaToya Ruby Frazier: A creative solution for the water crisis in Flint, Michigan
LaToya Ruby Frazier: Una soluzione creativa per la crisi idrica di Flint, Michigan
LaToya Ruby Frazier focuses her camera lens on her family and her hometown of Braddock, Pennsylvania, to explore themes of family, inequality, health care and environmental racism. Full bio
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un servizio fotografico
to produce a photo essay
three generations of women
tre generazioni di donne
giorno per giorno.
due migliori amiche,
Amber Hasan e Shea Cobb,
Amber Hasan and Shea Cobb,
in giro per Flint.
Shea Cobb became the central figure
Shea Cobb è diventata una figura centrale
Shea's school bus routes.
dello scuolabus di Shea.
making sure she was studying.
che studiasse.
intimate facet of Shea's life.
più intimi della vita di Shea.
nella scuola di Zion,
covered with signs that said,
coperte da cartelli che dicevano:
obbiettivo per fotografarle.
my camera to photograph it.
to see that in America,
vedere che in America,
that say "Whites" or "Blacks only,"
"Solo bianchi" o "Solo neri"
have been forced to drink with,
sono stati costretti a bere,
più care del Paese
water bills in the country
with deadly legionella bacteria.
da letali batteri di legionella.
bacteria-contaminated water
acqua contaminata da batteri
in my hometown, Braddock, Pennsylvania,
essendo cresciuta a Braddock, Pennsylvania
abbiamo combattuto il cancro
"The Notion of Family,"
con "The Notion of Family,"
create dal razzismo ambientale,
to survive environmental racism,
that were being deregulated
che venivano deregolamentate
Steel Corporation,
degli Stati Uniti,
asthma and infant mortality rates
i più alti tassi di asma e morte infantile
to the Flint River,
fino al Flint River,
has turned its back upon the river.
ha voltato le spalle al fiume.
for dumping chemicals in the Flint River
aver riversato sostanze chimiche nel fiume
came out in August of 2016,
is Family" è uscito ad Agosto del 2016,
per ricordare all'America
was no longer headline news,
non era più un articolo da prima pagina,
era lontana dall'essere finita.
than a series of photographs on my part
di una serie di fotografie da parte mia
in Vehicle City.
di Vehicle City.
over our mothers and grandmothers.
grazie alle nostre madri e nonne.
over our battles with lupus.
grazie alla battaglia contro il lupus.
in each other's life
di restare in contatto
artist collective The Sister Tour,
il collettivo di artisti The Sister Tour,
uno spazio sicuro agli artisti di Flint.
a safe space for Flint artists.
"Flint is Family,"
"Flint is Family",
at Gavin Brown's Enterprise
alla Gavin Brown's Enterprise
the facade of the building,
alla facciata dell'edificio,
un cartellone di 10 metri.
of three large color negatives
da tre grandi negativi a colori
by The Sister Tour.
del The Sister Tour.
company in the world,
al mondo di acqua in bottiglia,
out of aquifers in Lake Michigan,
dalle falde acquifere del Lago Michigan,
millions of liters of water
milioni di litri d'acqua
to clean water at all.
all'acqua potabile.
that I used to raise money
per raccogliere fondi
to different venues
in diversi luoghi
sulla crisi in atto.
in the public eye
con il conteggio dei giorni di crisi
across the country.
alle istituzioni in tutto il Paese.
Amber emailed me with the news
un'email con la notizia
ha fatto cadere tutte le accuse criminali
dropped all criminal charges
della crisi idrica di Flint,
e della città
as serious as manslaughter.
come omicidio colposo.
facesse il suo lavoro.
for the men, women and children in Flint.
per uomini, donne e bambini di Flint.
that she met in Puerto Rico,
Moses West che ha incontrato a Porto Rico,
atmospheric water generator.
di 11.800 chili di acqua atmosferica.
in the city of Flint.
dai funzionari della città di Flint.
the machine for relief to Flint at all.
a usare la macchina per salvare Flint.
from a military base in Texas
dalla base militare in Texas
that kind of money lying around.
di denaro a disposizione.
solo exhibition "Flint is Family,"
"Flint is Family"
from the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation,
Robert Rauschenberg Foundation,
generator arrived to Flint, Michigan,
sono arrivati a Flint, Michigan
between Marengo and Pulaski,
right now, operating.
three miles from downtown
a tre miglia dal centrocittà
as a violent, poor community.
povera e violenta.
di completamente diverso.
water rescue mission:
missione di soccorso idrico:
to the people in Flint.
gratuita e pulita per le persone di Flint.
take ownership of the machine.
prendere possesso della macchina.
to bring all their containers
di portare i loro contenitori
as they can stock up on,
possibile per farne scorta,
in freezing temperatures.
con temperature sotto zero.
through a high-volume air filter.
un filtro d'aria ad alta portata.
of water per day.
al giorno.
andare alla macchina
to walk up to the machine
le 9:00 e le 18:00 ogni giorno
in long lines for bottled water.
per prendere l'acqua in bottiglia.
per intervistare le persone, domandando
interviewing people, asking them,
and his machine in [your] community?"
macchina nella [vostra] comunità?"
living without access to clean water?"
disponibilità di acqua potabile?"
the knowledge and technology
la conoscenza e la tecnologia
prior to the machine coming,
dell'arrivo della macchina,
so sick to her stomach,
venire così tanto mal di stomaco,
the lead-contaminated water
contaminata dal piombo
she's had energy and strength.
ha riacquistato energia e forze.
that someone from Texas cared.
che nel Texas a qualcuno importasse.
he thought to himself,
ha pensato:
God intended water to be."
intendeva dare all'acqua."
containers to refill
da riempire
and his atmospheric water generator
generatore d'acqua atmosferica
access to clean water.
l'accesso all'acqua potabile.
of lives we could save
potremmo salvare
Newark, New Jersey,
come Newark, New Jersey,
invece che a scopo di lucro.
over the shutter release,
sul pulsante dello scatto,
their first sip of clean water.
il loro primo sorso d'acqua potabile.
of joy and righteousness.
di gioia e di giustizia.
that you bring to my city."
che porti alla mia città."
since I've been photographing in Flint,
da quel servizio fotografico a Flint,
to render a poetic justice.
una giustizia poetica.
sia una situazione,
and turn a negative into a positive.
e capovolgere un negativo
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
LaToya Ruby Frazier - PhotographerLaToya Ruby Frazier focuses her camera lens on her family and her hometown of Braddock, Pennsylvania, to explore themes of family, inequality, health care and environmental racism.
Why you should listen
TED Fellow LaToya Ruby Frazier uses photography, video and performance to address issues of industrialism, rustbelt revitalization, environmental justice, healthcare inequality, family and communal history. Some of her work, which features images of her mother and grandmother (Grandma Ruby) was published in her first book, The Notion of Family, which received the International Center for Photography Infinity Award.
She has exhibited her work widely in the United States and elsewhere, with solo exhibitions at the Brooklyn Museum, Seattle Art Museum, the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston and the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston. She is an assistant professor of photography at the School of Art Institute of Chicago, having previously taught at Yale, Rutgers and Syracuse University.
LaToya received her BFA in applied media arts from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania and her MFA in art photography from Syracuse University. She was the Guna S. Mundheim Fellow for visual arts at the American Academy in Berlin in 2013 and won a fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 2014. She is also a 2015 MacArthur Fellow.
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