A Podcast spotlights the brilliant Alexandra Barbier and Gabriella Huggins.

These thoughtful women discuss the “Black experience” and its perceived linearity. Why, based solely on their inherent Blackness, are they expected to have had the same lived experiences?

Co-opting Blackness : What is “Black culture?” And does it even belong to Black people?
Trauma porn : Do I have to witness Black death to have empathy for it?
Art as activism : Is it too much to ask of art that it do something?
Abstraction : Does art made by Black people have the space to be abstract?

These topics and more… addressed in A Podcast.

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Part 2 will be released on Friday, April 23rd.

A Podcast is part of the Spotlight Series by A Shedding.  
Learn more at ashedding.com

Spotlight Series is supported by Salt Lake City Arts Council.

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Some sources/content referenced in this episode:
- Sensei Aishitemasu on YouTube
- Charles O. Anderson, http://www.charlesoanderson.me/
- "Them" on Netflix
- "The Daily" podcast from NYTimes

A Podcast, Part 1

A Podcast spotlights the brilliant Alexandra Barbier and Gabriella Huggins.

These thoughtful women discuss the “Black experience” and its perceived linearity. Why, based solely on their inherent Blackness, are they expected to have had the same lived experiences?

Co-opting Blackness : What is “Black culture?” And does it even belong to Black people?
Trauma porn : Do I have to witness Black death to have empathy for it?
Art as activism : Is it too much to ask of art that it do something?
Abstraction : Does art made by Black people have the space to be abstract?

These topics and more… addressed in A Podcast.

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A Podcast, Part 1 and Part 2 now available on SoundCloud.

A Podcast is part of the Spotlight Series by A Shedding.  
Learn more at ashedding.com

Spotlight Series is supported by Salt Lake City Arts Council.

~

Some sources/content referenced in this episode:
- A Shedding (Aug. 2020) offerings, esp Dominica Greene's solo: available on https://www.ashedding.com/a-shedding-photos-videos
- "Does Abstraction Belong to White People" by Miguel Gutierrez 
https://bombmagazine.org/articles/miguel-gutierrez-1/
- Charles O. Anderson, http://www.charlesoanderson.me/
- Afro-Optimism
- "There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé" and "Another Another Autumn in New York" by Morgan Parker
- "The Case of Blackness" by Fred Moten

A Podcast, Part 2

A Podcast spotlights the brilliant Alexandra Barbier and Gabriella Huggins.

These thoughtful women discuss the “Black experience” and its perceived linearity. Why, based solely on their inherent Blackness, are they expected to have had the same lived experiences? 

Co-opting Blackness : What is “Black culture?” And does it even belong to Black people? 
Trauma porn : Do I have to witness Black death to have empathy for it?
Art as activism : Is it too much to ask of art that it do something?
Abstraction : Does art made by Black people have the space to be abstract? 

These topics and more… addressed in A Podcast.