Film
Arthur Jafa’s Medley of Joy Everlasting Versus Hell on Earth
The video installation akingdoncomethas is an epic montage of sermons and performances from Black churches.
Justin Kamp
Justin Kamp is a writer and reporter whose work has been published in Garage, Metropolis, Chicago Magazine and elsewhere. He covers the intersections of visual art, technology, and design. He is currently based in New York.
Art
For Shigeko Kubota, Video Lived in the Moment of Its Transmission
The Museum of Modern Art's retrospective exhibition Liquid Reality showcases how Kubota turned video art into sculpture.
Film
With The Gaze, Barry Jenkins Asks Us to Reflect on Black Trauma Narratives
Jenkins’s new short film, the centerpiece of a MoMI exhibit on The Underground Railroad, uses his signature techniques to confront the viewer.
Film
After Decades of Repression, Bill Gunn’s Work Finally Breaks Free
Because he refused to play to white hegemony, Gunn’s films were often poorly understood.
Art
Victoria Dugger Materializes the Frictions of Accessible Space
For Dugger, who is disabled, bodies are mutable and prone to rupture, yet they remain expansive, even cosmic.
Art
Through Video and Collage, Abbey Williams Inverts the Paradigm of White Hegemony
In Vignette, Abbey Williams explores how Black affective space persists within and outside the constricted frame of the white gaze.
Art
The "Wrong Biennale" Seeks to Create the Right Conditions for Digital Art
Started as a way for digital and new media artists to circumvent the elitist infrastructure of art fairs, the Wrong hosts work online, for free. This year they've added a physical exhibition in Chicago.