Dred Scott first went to trial to sue for his freedom in 1847. Ten years later, after a decade of appeals and court reversals, his case was finally brought before the United States Supreme Court. In what is perhaps the most infamous case in its history, the court decided that all people of African ancestry — slaves as well as those who were free — could never become citizens of the United States and therefore could not sue in federal court. The court also ruled that the federal government did not have the power to prohibit slavery in its territories. Scott, needless to say, remained a slave.
DreadScott makes revolutionary art to propel history forward, working in a range of media including performance, photography, screen-printing, video, installation and painting. Dread works in a range of media including performance, photography, screen printing, video, installation and painting. His works can be hard-edged and poignant.
Stop is a 2-channel projected HD video installation by Dread Scott.
Running time: 7 minutes 16 seconds (excerpt 2 minutes 55 seconds)
The installation is a projection on two opposite walls of young men from East New York Brooklyn and Liverpool UK who have been stopped numerous times by the police. In the video each repeatedly states the number of times they have been stopped. Stop was made as part of Postcode Criminals, an international collaboration between Dread Scott, Joanne Kushner and young adults form Brooklyn NY (USA) and Liverpool (UK).
You all have been drawing so many cats, I figure I might as well make it official. Today, draw a cat. If you don’t have a cat, find an unusual photograph of a cat. If you want to draw a dog instead, draw a dog. To get you off on the right paw, I’m including …
[image_with_animation image_url=”10475″ alignment=”center” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Lucy Garnett These figure drawings were made in the last couple of sessions of my 5 week Beginning Figure Drawing Class. They are drawn with confidence, style, and sensitivity. Each week we practiced a different style of drawing, and a different way of approaching the figure. One style was …
Welcome to day 4 of our 30 Day Creative Challenge! This is a composition day in our 30 Day Challenge. Here’s an exercise that improves your compositions, without you even thinking about composition. It worked for Diebenkorn! The primary challenge is to respond to the creative prompts in these posts, and see what happens. The …
Interested in studying sumi-e painting? Angie Dixons’ top recommended book for beginning is The Sumi-e Book by Yolanda Mayhall. The information in The Sumi-e Book is very good and accessible, and books and youtube are great for learning sumi-e but, Dixon says, students really need to have the pressure of a teacher. Today’s Beginning Sumi-e workshop …
Dread Scott vs Dred Scott
Dred Scott first went to trial to sue for his freedom in 1847. Ten years later, after a decade of appeals and court reversals, his case was finally brought before the United States Supreme Court. In what is perhaps the most infamous case in its history, the court decided that all people of African ancestry — slaves as well as those who were free — could never become citizens of the United States and therefore could not sue in federal court. The court also ruled that the federal government did not have the power to prohibit slavery in its territories. Scott, needless to say, remained a slave.
Read more here: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/
Dread Scott makes revolutionary art to propel history forward, working in a range of media including performance, photography, screen-printing, video, installation and painting. Dread works in a range of media including performance, photography, screen printing, video, installation and painting. His works can be hard-edged and poignant.
Read more here: http://www.dreadscott.
STOP
Stop (excerpt) from Dread Scott on Vimeo.
Stop is a 2-channel projected HD video installation by Dread Scott.
Running time: 7 minutes 16 seconds (excerpt 2 minutes 55 seconds)
The installation is a projection on two opposite walls of young men from East New York Brooklyn and Liverpool UK who have been stopped numerous times by the police. In the video each repeatedly states the number of times they have been stopped. Stop was made as part of Postcode Criminals, an international collaboration between Dread Scott, Joanne Kushner and young adults form Brooklyn NY (USA) and Liverpool (UK).
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