Dread Scott: How art can shape America's conversation about freedom
درد اسکات: چگونه هنر میتواند به صحبت کردن آمریکا از آزادی شکل ببخشد
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to propel history forward.
تا تاریخ را به جلو ببرم.
and tell you something:
به شما چیزی بگویم:
در آمریکا را قبول ندارم.
big questions from that perspective.
سوالات بزرگ از این دیدگاه است.
but ideas matter tremendously.
اما ایدهها خیلی مهمتر هستند.
most people think, "Oh, he's a painter."
بیشتر مردم فکر میکنند «آه، او یک نقاشه»،
some of the kind of work I do.
آثارم را ببینید.
Without America" is a painting,
نام یک نقاشی است،
video and performance art.
و هنر نمایش.
"Slave Rebellion Reenactment,"
«بازسازی شورش بردگان»،
on the outskirts of New Orleans
the center of controversy
که کانون بحث و جدل شد
of the American flag.
از پرچم آمریکا.
to Display a US Flag?"
audience participation.
زیادی را جلب کرد.
that had text that read,
to Display a US Flag?"
could write responses to that question in,
میتوانستند پاسخهایشان را بنویسند،
that people had the option of standing on.
اختیار ایستادن روی آن را داشتند.
of images of South Korean students
دانشجویان کرهی جنوبی بود
"Yankee go home. Son of a bitch,"
«یانکی برو خونه، بی پدر»،
coming back from Vietnam.
که از ویتنام آمده بودند.
in a lot of different languages.
در این اثر شرکت کردند.
our flag as you all do,
پرچممان را ستایش میکردیم،
trouble about this flag."
دردسرهای خیلی زیادی دارید».
should be returned to his heritage,
به میراث خودش بازگردد،
in his artistic way."
هنرمندانهی خود بیل بزند.»
everything oppressive in this system:
همهی ظلمهای رفته در این نظام است:
and all the oppressed around the world,
who was shot by a pig,
به او شلیک کرد،
to 'make sure the nigger was dead.'
آن سیاسوخته مرده».
for this opportunity."
این فرصت
defend your stupid ass!
دفاع نمیکنم!
very strong reactions about the flag then,
خیلی قوی نسبت به پرچم داشتند،
in front of the Art Institute of Chicago.
تظاهرات کردند.
hang them both high,"
را باهم آویزان کنید،»
were phoned in to my school.
بمبگذاری فرستادند،
the work "disgraceful,"
اثرم را «بیآبرویی» خواند،
when I and others defied that law,
اما با سوزاندن پرچمها روی پلههای کنگره،
on the steps of the Capitol.
legal and political battle
پیرو آن منجر به صدور
that prevented the government
که دولت را
patriotism be mandatory.
would make a difference.
فضای متفاوتی خلق میکرد.
where the veterans were at that time.
کهنهسربازها قرار داشتند.
for me to be there, to say the least.
برای من امن نبود.
to do that shoot,
خیلی پراهمیت بود،
it was also a situation
مرا بکشند، وضعیتی هم بود
as standing for everything oppressive
نماد هرچه ظلم انجامشده
about US national symbols,
در مورد نمادهای ملی ایالات متحده،
by scientific breakthroughs
عملی به چالش کشیده میشود
و بیباکی در اقدام دارد.
might not have worked out so well.
شاید چنان که باید نتیجهبخش نبود.
led to a wonderful,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Dread Scott - Visual artistDread Scott makes revolutionary art to propel history forward.
Why you should listen
Dread Scott's work is exhibited across the US and internationally. In 1989, his art became the center of national controversy over its transgressive use of the American flag, while he was a student at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. President G.H.W. Bush called his art "disgraceful," and the entire US Senate denounced and outlawed this work. Scott became part of a landmark Supreme Court case when he and others defied the new law by burning flags on the steps of the US Capitol. His studio is now based in Brooklyn.
Scott's work has been included in exhibitions at New York's MoMA PS1, the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis and Gallery MOMO in Cape Town, South Africa. His performance work has been presented at BAM in Brooklyn and on the streets of Harlem, NY. His work is in the collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Brooklyn Museum, and it has been featured on the cover of Artforum magazine and the front page of NYTimes.com. Scott is a recipient of a 2018 United States Artists Fellowship and grants from the Creative Capital Foundation and the Open Society Institute. He works in a range of media, from performance and photography to screen-printing and video.
Scott plays with fire -- metaphorically and sometimes literally -- as when he burned $171 on Wall Street and encouraged those with money to add theirs to the pyre. His work asks viewers to look soberly at America's past and our present. Writing about a recent banner project, Angelica Rogers wrote in the New York Times: "...it was difficult to look away from the flag's blocky, capitalized type. 'A Man Was Lynched by Police Yesterday.' It shouted the words so matter-of-factly that I felt myself physically flinch."
Scott is currently working on Slave Rebellion Reenactment, a community engaged performance that will reenact the largest rebellion of enslaved people in American History.
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