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I came across this today looking for something else, so before I forget about it I’ll post it

Posted on | September 17, 2007 | 3 Comments

Black Light White Noise: Sound and Light in Contemporary Art Black Light White Noise: Sound and Light in Contemporary Art

The Black Light/White Noise: Sound and Light in Contemporary Art, documented the first comprehensive review of contemporary black artists working with sound and light, building on a longstanding tradition of artistic experimentation through the work of 16 diverse artists. The featured artists in the exhibition included Sanford Biggers, Louis Cameron, Kianga Ford, Kira Lynn Harris, Sach Hoyt, Arthur Jafa, Jennie C. Jones, Yvette Mattern, Camille Norment, Kambui Olujimi, Karyn Olivier, Nadine Robinson, and SoundLab (Beth Coleman and Howard Goldkrand). The exhibition also featured select canonical works by George Lewis (in collaboration with Douglas Ewart and Douglas Irving Repetto), Tom Lloyd, and Benjamin Patterson that place these 21st-century sound and light works in context with the history of the genre. The publication includes essays by Cassel Oliver, curator of the exhibition; Romi Crawford, director of education and public programs at the Studio Museum of Harlem; and Greg Tate, composer, musician, playwright, and contributor to The Village Voice. The catalogue published by Contemporary Arts Museum Houston contains extensive photographic and audio documentation on each light and sound installation, a DVD with reproductions of the non- static work, as well as biographical and bibliographical information on each artist.

2007. 65 pages. Paperback. 21 color and 5 black-and-white reproductions.
ISBN 978-1-933619-04-0
Library of Congress Control Number: 2007927278
$19.95

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3 Responses to “I came across this today looking for something else, so before I forget about it I’ll post it”

  1. Kesha Bruce
    September 19th, 2007 @ 2:43 am

    Carla, thanks for posting this! It is now on my Christmas book list.

  2. kameelah
    September 20th, 2007 @ 6:59 am

    yea this is def on my post-ramadan list! thanks :)

  3. kameelah
    September 21st, 2007 @ 6:36 am

    just because this reminded me of something that might hinge on afro futurism, there is an exhibition in chicago at the hyde park art center (at this point, how i wish i lived in the midwest not the bay area!) Its called: “Pathways to Unknown Worlds: Sun Ra, El Saturn & Chicago’s Afro-Futurist Underground, 1954-68″

    Link

    http://www.hydeparkart.org/exhibitions/2006/10/sun_ra_el_saturn_chicagos_afro.php

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