TOURIST (2019)
Multimedia Performance
Approx. 20 min
TOURIST is a lecture exploring race, music, and public space. Sitting at a table equipped with a microphone, projector, and computer, I share my memory of attending a community dance party in Cambridge, Massachusetts. A live feed of my desktop is projected on the wall in front of me and my voice is amplified through speakers. Using video clips, websites, maps, and music playlists, I restage elements of the dance party in virtual fragments. Over time, my personal narrative becomes a vehicle to interrogate the commodification of hip hop and the complex ways in which whiteness allows for cultural mobility in both physical and digital space.
Multimedia Performance
Approx. 20 min
TOURIST is a lecture exploring race, music, and public space. Sitting at a table equipped with a microphone, projector, and computer, I share my memory of attending a community dance party in Cambridge, Massachusetts. A live feed of my desktop is projected on the wall in front of me and my voice is amplified through speakers. Using video clips, websites, maps, and music playlists, I restage elements of the dance party in virtual fragments. Over time, my personal narrative becomes a vehicle to interrogate the commodification of hip hop and the complex ways in which whiteness allows for cultural mobility in both physical and digital space.
Watch a video clip here