Dread Scott

Some Thoughts on Culture and Revolution: Dread Scott & Ryan Wong

“I knew there was this punk rock stuff, I didn’t know anything about it, I just went to a show, and it was like, this is really weird and I kinda like it.” —Dread Scott

Dread Scott, artist and friend of Interference Archive, speaks with Vero Ordaz about his art, life, and connections to the Chicago punk scene--including memories prompted by his recent donation of posters to the archive.  Image: Burning the US Constitution, documentation of a 2011 performance by Dread Scott (www.dreadscott.net).  Music: "Sick of You" by the Britemores, performed live on WFMU's Three Chord Monte with Joe Belock.

Produced by Interference Archive.

Audio Interference 04: Dread Scott

PEN American Center and the Brooklyn Museum present a reading of selected poems and others texts in support of Palestinian poet and art curator Ashraf Fayadh, who was sentenced to death by a Saudi court on November 17, 2015 for apostasy. We are joining forces with the International Literature Festival Berlin (ILB) in their call for all individuals, institutions, schools, and media outlets that care about justice and freedom to participate in a worldwide reading to press the U.K. and U.S. governments to intervene on behalf of Ashraf Fayadh, free expression, and the defense of human rights. 

Participants include:  Natalie Diaz, Ru Freeman, Lawrence Joseph, Dina Omar, Dread Scott, Rob Spillman, Elissa Schappell, Duranya Freeman, and Danniel Schoonebeek

2016 01 14 PEN Life And  Freedom For Ashraf Fayadh - Dread Scott

04 Dread Scott Makes Revolutionary Art to Propel History Forward

An interview with the artist Dread Scott. 
It is not every artist whose examination of the past speaks so urgently to the present moment of now; Dread Scott’s work does.

It is not every artist whose work provokes the United States Congress to pass legislation in response to it; Dread Scott’s work did that before he finished art school.

It is not every artist who demands so much of his audience and yet Scott is an artist uniquely interested in audience participation and reaction. 

In a wide-ranging conversation, Dennis Trainor, Jr and Dread Scott discuss the Proper Way to Display the US flag, burning money on wall street – literally, white supremacy racism the Impossibility of Freedom in a Country Founded on Slavery and Genocide and a tangential conversation about Hamilton the musical and whether that work is functioning on reform or revolutionary plane.
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Dread Scott

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