Paul Rucker: The symbols of systemic racism -- and how to take away their power
폴 러커 (Paul Rucker): 구조적인 인종차별주의의 상징과 그 힘을 없애는 법
Paul Rucker creates art that explores issues related to mass incarceration, racially-motivated violence, police brutality and the continuing impact of slavery in the US. Full bio
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장면이 포함되어 있습니다.]
to mark slaves as property.
낙인 도구를 수집하죠.
엽서를 수집합니다.
그린 것 맞습니다.
that attended these lynchings,
수많은 구경꾼들도 그렸군요.
that portray black people as criminals
묘사한 책들도 모읍니다.
동물로 묘사하던가요.
보여드릴 것이 있습니다.
찍기 위해 사용되었죠.
when they were marked.
노예가 되는건 아니었습니다.
were going to be slaves
뜻이었습니다.
my imagination when I was younger
제 마음을 사로 잡은 또 다른 물건은
Ku Klux Klan rallies occasionally,
KKK단의 거리 행진을 보곤 했었죠.
never really left my mind.
지워 지지 않더군요.
with that imagery until 25 years later.
아무런 일도 하지 않았습니다.
I started researching the Klan,
대한 조사를 시작했죠.
had more than five million active members,
of the population at the time,
인구의 5% 였습니다.
of New York City at the time.
맞먹는 숫자입니다.
neighborhood of Georgia was so busy
의상 제작 공장은
to keep up with orders.
24시간 가동되었습니다.
to keep up with the demand.
2만벌을 동시에 생산했죠.
and as an artist,
to be part of my collection,
가지고 싶었습니다.
and objects tell stories,
담겨 있기 때문이죠.
that was really good quality.
찾긴 정말 힘들더군요
찾지 못하는 흑인이
Klan robe that he's looking for?
the best quality Klan robes in America.
제가 직접 만들기로 했죠.
you would see at any KKK rally.
보지 못하셨을 겁니다.
사용했습니다.
satins and different patterns.
여러 무늬를 사용했습니다.
I make them for young kids
the Klan had in place
a hundred years ago
바로 오늘날 우리 곁에 있다는 것을
neighborhoods, workplaces,
학교, 지역, 직장이 존재합니다.
that are keeping these policies in place.
이런 생각을 퍼뜨린 것이 아닙니다.
the long-term impact of slavery.
노예제도의 영향에 관해 알고 싶었습니다.
with the residue of systemic racism.
이야기를 하는것이 아닙니다.
of every single thing we do.
기본적인 생각에 관한 것입니다.
segregated neighborhoods,
of minorities incarcerated.
불공평한 자기방어권을 가지고 있습니다.
We have police brutality.
경찰은 흑인을 더 잔인하게 대합니다.
물건을 가지고 왔습니다.
you're being discriminated against.
증명하기는 어렵죠.
행할 수 있습니다.
이 의상들을 제작했습니다.
in America is slavery.
노예 제도입니다.
Nathan Bedford Forrest,
네이선 베드포드 포레스트는
and a millionaire slave trader.
백만장자 노예상이었습니다.
from chattel slavery --
재산을 일구었죠.
would boggle the mind.
마음이 아픕니다.
equalled 200 million dollars.
2억 달러였습니다.
five billion dollars today.
50억 달러 쯤 됩니다.
through generational wealth.
오늘날 까지도 건재합니다.
for the entire year.
의상을 제작했습니다.
예수 공현 대축일이 있었습니다.
that white supremacy is there,
우월주의를 발견했습니다.
of white supremacy is not the KKK,
KKK가 아니었습니다.
구조적 인종차별주의 였습니다.
over me at all.
아무런 힘도 없다는 것입니다.
같은 물건들을 바라보고
are part of our history,
no more power over us.
못하는 세상으로 나아갈 수 있을 것입니다.
and acknowledge
국가 정체성 그 자체에
of who we are as a country,
about the intentional segregation
의도적인 인종 분리 정책들을
neighborhoods and workplaces.
can we actually address
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Paul Rucker - Visual artist, cellistPaul Rucker creates art that explores issues related to mass incarceration, racially-motivated violence, police brutality and the continuing impact of slavery in the US.
Why you should listen
Paul Rucker is a visual artist, composer, and musician who often combines media, integrating live performance, sound, original compositions and visual art. His work is the product of a rich interactive process, through which he investigates community impacts, human rights issues, historical research and basic human emotions surrounding particular subject matter. Much of his current work focuses on the Prison Industrial Complex and the many issues accompanying incarceration in its relationship to slavery. He has presented performances and visual art exhibitions across the country and has collaborated with educational institutions to address the issue of mass incarceration. Presentations have taken place in schools, active prisons and also inactive prisons such as Alcatraz.
His largest installation to date, REWIND, garnered praise from Baltimore Magazine awarding Rucker "Best Artist 2015." Additionally, REWIND received "Best Solo Show 2015" and "#1 Art Show of 2015" from Baltimore City Paper, reviews by The Huffington Post, Artnet News, Washington Post, The Root and The Real News Network. Rucker has received numerous grants, awards and residencies for visual art and music. He is a 2012 Creative Capital Grantee in visual art as well as a 2014 and 2018 MAP (Multi-Arts Production) Fund Grantee for performance. In 2015 he received a prestigious Joan Mitchell Painters & Sculptors Grant as well as the Mary Sawyer Baker Award. In 2016 Paul received the Rauschenberg Artist as Activist fellowship and the Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship, for which he is the first artist in residence at the new National Museum of African American Culture.
Residencies include MacDowell Colony, Blue Mountain Center, Ucross Foundation, Art OMI, Banff Centre, Pilchuck Glass School, Rauschenberg Residency, Joan Mitchell Residency, Hemera Artist Retreat, Air Serembe, Creative Alliance and the Rockefeller Foundation Study Center in Bellagio, Italy. In 2013-2015, he was the Robert W. Deutsch Foundation Artist in Residence and Research Fellow at the Maryland Institute College of Art. He was most recently awarded a 2017 John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, a 2018 TED Fellowship and the 2018 Arts Innovator Award from the Dale and Leslie Chihuly Foundation and Artist Trust. Rucker is an iCubed Visiting Arts Fellow embedded at the Institute for Contemporary Art at Virginia Commonwealth University.
Rucker's latest work, Storm in the Time of Shelter, an installation of 52 custom Ku Klux Klan robes and related artifacts, is featured in the exhibition "Declaration," on view at the new Institute for Contemporary Art at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia through September 9, 2018.
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