IN CONVERSATION: ARTHUR JAFA AND BEN CALDWELL @ ART + PRACTICE

Arthur Jafa (American, b. 1960) is an artist, filmmaker and cinematographer. Across three decades, Jafa has developed a dynamic practice comprising films, artifacts and happenings that reference and question the universal and specific articulations of black being. Underscoring the many facets of Jafa’s practice is a recurring question: how can visual media, such as objects, static and moving images, transmit the equivalent power, beauty and alienation embedded within forms of black music in US culture?

认识一下本·考德威尔。这位来自沙漠的梦想家，年轻时仰望天空，看着祖父在当地电影院放映电影。这位年轻的艺术家和越南士兵，为了相机放弃了枪。这位学生在 20 世纪 60 年代到 80 年代的洛杉矶叛乱电影运动中成长起来，并将电影视为一种可以治愈和解放的工具。这位具有社区意识的电影制作人、教育家和文化制作人于 1984 年创办了 KAOS 网络，这是一个跨代媒体艺术中心，帮助维护了莱默特公园村的黑人艺术、友谊和爱的传统。