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“For thousands of years in the West, red was the only colour worthy of that name, the only true colour. As much on the chronological as hierarchical level, it outstripped all the others. Not that they did not exist, but they had to wait a long time before they were considered colours and then played a comparable role in material culture, social codes, and systems of thought. It was with red that humans did their first colour experiments, achieved their first successes, and then constructed a chromatic universe….” – Michel Pastoureau, Red: The History of a Colour
Read MoreIn the seminal text by Brazilian educator and philosopher Paulo Freire, he argues for learning and teaching as a way to draw closer to a more radical, empathetic humanity. Nolan Oswald Dennis argues for the same in his latest solo show, Options. Lindokuhle Nkosi and Nolan Oswald Denis discuss the function of the underground.
Read MoreSnapshots have always existed, for black people, as sites of struggle. Within the delineations of a photograph we find content and contestation. These light-paintings provide us with an opportunity to create counter-hegemonic images. To document. To construct a black aesthetic. Photos can give and take, expand understandings or shrink them. Photographs can devastate both the seer and the seen.
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