Jenkins’s new short film, the centerpiece of a MoMI exhibit on The Underground Railroad, uses his signature techniques to confront the viewer.
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.
Posted inFilm
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.
Posted inArt
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.
Posted inArt
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.
Posted inArt
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.