Paul Rucker: The symbols of systemic racism -- and how to take away their power
保罗 · 洛克: 系统种族主义的标志——以及怎样消除它们的影响
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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to mark slaves as property.
而处死的明信片。
that attended these lynchings,
无数围观私刑的人们，
that portray black people as criminals
这些书把黑人刻画成罪犯，
when they were marked.
were going to be slaves
my imagination when I was younger
让我很感兴趣的东西，或者说图像，
（美国种族主义的代表性组织）。
Ku Klux Klan rallies occasionally,
偶尔会见到三K党的集会，
never really left my mind.
从我的记忆里消失。
with that imagery until 25 years later.
做什么事情，直到 25 年之后。
I started researching the Klan,
had more than five million active members,
它拥有超过五百万的活跃成员，
of the population at the time,
of New York City at the time.
neighborhood of Georgia was so busy
三K党长袍工厂十分忙碌，
to keep up with orders.
to keep up with the demand.
库存来应对不时之需。
and as an artist,
以及一位艺术家，
to be part of my collection,
也能成为我藏品的一部分，
and objects tell stories,
that was really good quality.
一件高质量的长袍。
Klan robe that he's looking for?
他该怎么办呢？
the best quality Klan robes in America.
美国最高质量的三K党长袍。
you would see at any KKK rally.
看到的传统的三K党长袍。
satins and different patterns.
缎子以及不同的款式。
I make them for young kids
给年轻的小孩做，
the Klan had in place
已经达到的效果，
a hundred years ago
neighborhoods, workplaces,
社区和公共场所，
that are keeping these policies in place.
并不是带着三K党帽子的人。
the long-term impact of slavery.
with the residue of systemic racism.
系统种族主义残留的问题。
of every single thing we do.
segregated neighborhoods,
of minorities incarcerated.
We have police brutality.
遭遇警察的残暴对待。
you're being discriminated against.
in America is slavery.
Nathan Bedford Forrest,
内森贝 · 弗福雷斯
and a millionaire slave trader.
也是一个靠奴隶贸易发家的百万富翁。
from chattel slavery --
would boggle the mind.
是我心中挥之不去的阴影。
equalled 200 million dollars.
大约两亿美元的价值。
five billion dollars today.
through generational wealth.
代代相传下来的。
大米以及烟草。
for the entire year.
我每周制作一个长袍。
that white supremacy is there,
of white supremacy is not the KKK,
最大的力量并不是三K党，
over me at all.
任何威慑作用了。
are part of our history,
我们历史的一部分，
no more power over us.
使得它们不再能威慑我们。
and acknowledge
of who we are as a country,
植入到我们国家的根基。
about the intentional segregation
学校，社区和公共场所，
neighborhoods and workplaces.
采取一些实际的行动。
can we actually address
遗留下的东西。
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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