New Black Portraitures was a group exhibition co-presented by Rhizome and the New Museum, curated by Aria Dean. Featuring works by Rindon Johnson, Hamishi Farah, Sondra Perry, Redeem Pettaway, Pastiche Lumumba, n-prolenta, Manuel Arturo Abreu, and Juliana Huxtable, it explored the changing status of black portraiture in relation to strategies for visibility, concealment, and self-representation online.

The New Silent was a series of programs, presented by Rhizome at the New Museum, that explored contemporary art engaged with emerging technology and examined the ways digital technologies alter our lives and experiences of urban spaces. The series comprised screenings and performances, as well as a critical conversational strand, which brought together leading scholars, artists, critics, and public figures to illuminate the complex interactions between technology, culture, and creative practice. Named for the generational theories of Neil Howe and William Strauss, the New Silent presented artists working at the furthest reaches of technological experimentation as well as those responding to the broader aesthetic and political implications of new tools and media.

For now this will mirror the Christchurch Review of Books channel on YouTube..it may diverge into something else given time..
Book reviews, Book Hauls and the occasional look at my life in Christchurch, New Zealand.

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