The 1619 Project
“The 1619 Project [observes] the 400th anniversary of the beginning of American slavery. It aims to reframe the country’s history, understanding 1619 as our true founding, and placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of black Americans at the very center of the story we tell ourselves about who we are.”
Surrogate Angels of Death
“What to make of the First Lady holding the motherless child and youngest survivor of the El Paso massacre.”
RA.687 Autechre
“Booth and Brown return to their love of old school hip-hop, delivering a chilled 45 minutes of breaks and rhymes, running through the likes of MC Shan, Audio Two and Super Lover Cee & Casanova Red.”
Triple Chaser
“Laura Poitras teamed up with Forensic Archicture to created Triple Chaser, a short documentary to document the ways in which tear gas and bullets made by companies belonging to “philanthropist” Warren Kanders have been used against civilians to suppress anti-authoritarian movements, and even to murder innocents, including children.”
Cassetteboy – Boris Johnson’s Leadership Bid
“Totally forgot to upload this one to YouTube when we did the other places. Seems a bit late now.”
DJ Shadow – Rocket Fuel (feat. De La Soul)
“The song explodes with stacks of vocal samples, horns, Shadow’s dazzling DJ scratch work and a muscular performance from the legendary rap crew.”
Cyriak – Breakfast
“Breakfast? Breakfast. I became obsessed with this old piece of film footage and it evolved into a music video.”
Illustrations of the Natural Orders of Plants
“Elizabeth Twining’s celebrated two-volume catalog from 1868, Illustrations of the Natural Orders of Plants, has been reproduced here in its entirety and enhanced with interactive descriptions, diagrams, and posters designed by Nicholas Rougeux.”
Music Declares Emergency
“Music Declares Emergency is a group of artists, music industry professionals and organisations that stand together to declare a climate and ecological emergency and call for an immediate governmental response to protect all life on Earth.”
Sagen, was ist
“Unsere Debattenkultur leidet. Aber wir müssen nicht mehr miteinander reden. Sondern anders. Was es braucht, sind neue Begriffe, um die Verhältnisse treffender kritisieren zu können.”
Pussy Riot – Black Snow
“in a black black city in a yard, among the sulfur darkness we’ll be having a black snowball fight w/ you”
In Patriarchy No One Can Hear You Scream
“Rebecca Solnit on Jeffrey Epstein and the Silencing Machine – Truth is whatever the powerful want it to be.”
