Color Coded: Mendi + Keith Obadike's Black.Net.Art Actions and the Language of Computer Networks.

The article talks about the web-based work titled "The Interaction of Coloreds" by musical artists Mendi & Keith Obadike that depicts ways that color preference has been used to manipulate and oppress black bodies in the United States. Topics discussed include the work being one of three net art pro...

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Publicado en:Black Scholar Vol. 47; no. 3; pp. 56 - 68
Autor principal: Driscoll, Megan
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Sep2017
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Sumario:The article talks about the web-based work titled "The Interaction of Coloreds" by musical artists Mendi & Keith Obadike that depicts ways that color preference has been used to manipulate and oppress black bodies in the United States. Topics discussed include the work being one of three net art projects that up the Obadikes' Black.Net.Art Actions and the suite deconstructing the language of color on the internet, examining how it reflects the persistence of identity categories like race.