{"id":2340,"date":"2023-01-25T19:55:40","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T19:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/readysubjects.org\/portfolio\/?p=2340"},"modified":"2023-03-21T01:47:13","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T01:47:13","slug":"my-electric-genealogy-winter-tour-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/readysubjects.org\/portfolio\/my-electric-genealogy-winter-tour-more\/","title":{"rendered":"My Electric Genealogy Winter Tour + More"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I\u2019m so thrilled to present the performance-lecture \u201cMy Electric Genealogy\u201d no less than eight times in February &#8211; and in some of the Midwest locales closest to my heart. All shows are free and first-come, first-served.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/readysubjects.org\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Kanouse_MEG_still_performer-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"573\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/readysubjects.org\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Kanouse_MEG_still_performer.jpg?resize=1024%2C573\" alt=\"Alt: Light skinned, female-presenting figure in a men's suit, glasses, and a red tie stands beside in a dark space beside a wooden chair, both hands raised in an animated expression.\" class=\"wp-image-2137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/readysubjects.org\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Kanouse_MEG_still_performer-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C573&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/readysubjects.org\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Kanouse_MEG_still_performer-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/readysubjects.org\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Kanouse_MEG_still_performer-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C430&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/readysubjects.org\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Kanouse_MEG_still_performer-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C860&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/readysubjects.org\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Kanouse_MEG_still_performer-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1146&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/readysubjects.org\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Kanouse_MEG_still_performer-scaled.jpg?w=2280 2280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Performer delivers monologue during &#8220;My Electric Genealogy.&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-container-4 wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-container-2 wp-block-column\">\n<p>February 1 | 4:00 PM<br>Macalaster College<br>Interdisciplinary Media Lab<br>St. Paul, MN<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>February 2 | 12:00 PM<br>University of Minnesota<br>InFlux Space<br>Minneapolis, MN<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>February 4 | 7:00 PM<br>Art of the Rural<br>119 E. Third St.<br>Winona, MN<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>February 7 | 6:00 PM<br>Northwestern University<br>Mussetter-Struble Theater<br>Evanston, IL<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_3356e6-9c .kt-block-spacer{height:60px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_3356e6-9c .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-_3356e6-9c\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-container-3 wp-block-column\">\n<p>February 11 | 4:00 PM<br>Watershed Art and Ecology<br>1821 S. Racine<br>Chicago, IL<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>February 13 | 6:30 PM<br>University of Iowa<br>240 Art Building West<br>Iowa City, IA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>February 14 | 5:30 PM<br>University of Illinois<br>331 Art and Design Building<br>Champaign, IL<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>February 15 | 6:30 PM<br>Southern Illinois University<br>Parkinson 124 | Browne Auditorium<br>Carbondale, IL<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/readysubjects.org\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-23-at-11.03.33-AM.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"869\" height=\"613\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/readysubjects.org\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-23-at-11.03.33-AM-edited.png?resize=869%2C613&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Screenshot of review of &quot;My Electric Genealogy&quot; at 2220 Arts + Archives by George Melrod. Not intended for screen reading.\" class=\"wp-image-2346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/readysubjects.org\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-23-at-11.03.33-AM-edited.png?w=869&amp;ssl=1 869w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/readysubjects.org\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-23-at-11.03.33-AM-edited.png?resize=300%2C212&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/readysubjects.org\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-23-at-11.03.33-AM-edited.png?resize=768%2C542&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 869px) 100vw, 869px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Screenshot of review of &#8220;My Electric Genealogy&#8221; in Artillery Magazine.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I am so grateful for a favorable review by George Melrod in the print edition of Los Angeles\u2019s&nbsp;<em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/artillerymag.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Artillery Magazine<\/a><\/em>. Arts journalism is a tough gig, and coverage of ephemeral works with limited runs can be really hard to justify. So I really appreciate the labor and the attentive viewing evident in the full review.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_06b105-34 .kt-block-spacer{height:60px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_06b105-34 .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-_06b105-34\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2>On the Reception of  &#8220;The Embrace&#8221;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Boston has been name-checked more than than usual since&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/hankwillisthomas.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hank Willis Thomas<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.massdesigngroup.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">MASS Design Group<\/a>\u2019s new monument to Martin Luther and Coretta Scott King was dedicated on January 13. Entitled \u201c<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.embraceboston.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Embrace<\/a>,\u201d the monument &#8211; which also celebrates the 1965 Freedom rally and a multiracial group of Boston\u2019s local civil rights leaders &#8211; seemed to signal an ongoing correction of the city\u2019s famous and reprehensible racism. Programming around the dedication included exhibitions and discussions with Hank Willis Thomas and local artists and culture-bearers, and there was an almost euphoric sense of new beginnings for a city where it\u2019s not often easy to be an artist at all\u2014let alone an artist of color.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/readysubjects.org\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/embrace-hands_square.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/readysubjects.org\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/embrace-hands_square-1024x1024.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Monumental bronze hands (one with a wedding ring) clasp against a stormy winter sky.\" class=\"wp-image-2342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/readysubjects.org\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/embrace-hands_square.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/readysubjects.org\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/embrace-hands_square.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/readysubjects.org\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/embrace-hands_square.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/readysubjects.org\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/embrace-hands_square.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/readysubjects.org\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/embrace-hands_square.jpg?resize=1536%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/readysubjects.org\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/embrace-hands_square.jpg?resize=2048%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Closeup of hands clasping in Hank Willis Thomas&#8217;s bronze Monument, &#8220;The Embrace&#8221; (2023)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/readysubjects.org\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1965FreedomPlaza_Names_square100px.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/readysubjects.org\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1965FreedomPlaza_Names_square100px.jpg?resize=1000%2C1000&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Names of education justice activist Jean McGuire and national community action and anti-poverty leader Robert M. Coard are cast in brown in the stone plaza surrounding the MLK monument.\" class=\"wp-image-2343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/readysubjects.org\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1965FreedomPlaza_Names_square100px.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/readysubjects.org\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1965FreedomPlaza_Names_square100px.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/readysubjects.org\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1965FreedomPlaza_Names_square100px.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/readysubjects.org\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1965FreedomPlaza_Names_square100px.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Names of education justice activist Jean McGuire and national community action and anti-poverty leader Robert M. Coard are cast in brownze in the stone plaza surrounding the MLK monument.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_b2e883-39 .kt-block-spacer{height:60px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_b2e883-39 .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-_b2e883-39\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The ways that \u201cThe Embrace\u201d celebrates not just the Kings but also an entire generation of lesser-known local Black, Indigenous, Latinx, and Asian activists goes unmentioned in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2023\/01\/20\/boston-mlk-statute-embrace-whitewashed\/\">Karen Attiah\u2019s generally perceptive critique<\/a>&nbsp;of the monument\u2019s alignment with the whitewashing of MLK\u2019s legacy into a deracialized and de-politicized message of love. The curdling of the broader national reception of \u201cThe Embrace\u201d into outrage or ridicule over the suggestive nature of particular photos circulating on the internet further severs the monument discursively from both the experience of actually looking at it and conditions in the city where it was commissioned and installed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/readysubjects.org\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/embrace_full_square1000px.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/readysubjects.org\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/embrace_full_square1000px.jpg?resize=1000%2C1000&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A few people in a snow-dotted plaza view a monumental bronze sculpture in a knotted embrace under a cloudy winter sky. \" class=\"wp-image-2344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/readysubjects.org\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/embrace_full_square1000px.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/readysubjects.org\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/embrace_full_square1000px.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/readysubjects.org\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/embrace_full_square1000px.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/readysubjects.org\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/embrace_full_square1000px.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Visitors at Hank Willis Thomas&#8217;s &#8220;The Embrace&#8221; on Tuesday, January 24.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_b7f7ca-da .kt-block-spacer{height:60px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_b7f7ca-da .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-_b7f7ca-da\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s a lot to be written about the desire for&nbsp;<em>agape&nbsp;<\/em>and&nbsp;<em>eros<\/em>&nbsp;to stay in separate lanes (and why it\u2019s hilarious when they don\u2019t), but I found myself wondering how, if at all,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/794808\/the-new-mlk-sculpture-is-officially-a-meme-hank-willis-thomas\/\" target=\"_blank\">the memes, the TikToks, and the Daily Show jokes<\/a>&nbsp;had shaped how people view the monument. So, I went to the Common yesterday afternoon. Despite it being a cold and windy weekday, there was a steady stream of visitors who seemed mostly reverent. Their attention and cameras were directed at the giant, intertwined bronze arms, and no one seemed to be trying to recreate the visual double entendres they\u2019d probably seen online. At the same time, I didn\u2019t see anyone reading the names embedded in the plaza. Sadly, such is the script for viewing bronze monuments: even when they question the traditional framing of the heroic individual (as \u201cThe Embrace\u201d certainly tries), the audience may still approach them, whether with rapture or ridicule, as the materialization of a lone individual\u2019s legacy. The furor over the monument will eventually cool, and Boston\u2019s artists of color will remain, nurturing the beloved (creative) community that was experienced more broadly, if briefly, just two weekends ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m so thrilled to present the performance-lecture \u201cMy Electric Genealogy\u201d no less than eight times in February!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2137,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"kt_blocks_editor_width":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/readysubjects.org\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Kanouse_MEG_still_performer-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1433&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/readysubjects.org\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2340"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/readysubjects.org\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/readysubjects.org\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readysubjects.org\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readysubjects.org\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2340"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/readysubjects.org\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2349,"href":"https:\/\/readysubjects.org\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2340\/revisions\/2349"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readysubjects.org\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/readysubjects.org\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readysubjects.org\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readysubjects.org\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}