Video artist Arthur Jafa on actualizing Black potential, part 1
I don't want to be the prisoner in a box, even if it's a box I made.
For over 30 years, American visual artist and cinematographer Arthur Jafa has captured the histories and experiences of Black Americans with projects that exemplify both the universal and particular facets of Black life.
In this masterclass in Black thought — the first episode in a two-part series — Jafa shares a free-from improvisation through his breadth of knowledge and understanding of visual culture — embedded with all the references, rhetorics, and personal reflections of someone who has spent a lifetime dedicated to centralizing the varied experiences of Black Being.
Charlie Parker
John Coltrane
Ornette Coleman
Culture Strike
Laura Raicovich
Christina Sharpe
Hortense Spillers
Ultralight Beam - Kanye West
Love is the Message, The Message is Death - Arthur Jafa
John Henrik Clark
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Jimi Hendrix
Cecil Taylor
AGHDRA
Women in Love
Burnt Sugar
Butch Morris
Muddy Waters
Carl Hancock Rux
Virgil Abloh
LMVH
Off-White
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