You Can't Kill a Revolution with Jessica Tifase

In this episode, multidisciplinary artist Jessica Tifase (she/her) shares the similarities and differences in making projects in different mediums and how Mizzou has whitewashed history in her upcoming Concerned Student 1950 documentary. Finally, in today’s concluding thought, Edward talks about his favorite sport basketball. Guest Bio: Jessica Tifase (she/her) is a Nigerian-American artist from Houston, Texas that is passionate about disrupting the conventional approaches of storytelling in order to heal the relationship between her subjects, the camera and the audience. Through portrait photography and multimedia production, her work experiments with elements that have been historically used as tools for misrepresentation as a way to explore themes like identity and historical revisionism. At the moment she is interning with the Houston Rockets, in addition to preparing for an exhibition at the Sager Reeves Gallery in 2022. Time Codes: 1:30 - Jessica’s film and photography upbringings 5:00 - Jessica’s shares her inspiration for her photography works Godspeed, The Harvest and Caged Birds 7:45 - Jessica’s works evolving more than just a class assignment 11:40 - The challenges and adaptations Jessica went through during the making of her vertical video Dear Clover 15:34 - Jessica using film for The Harvest 18:35 - Jessica explains how differentiate, end, and create new projects 22:30 - Jessica discusses her upcoming Concerned Student 1950 documentary 25:30 - Jessica’s shares her worries about the history being watered when the students at the moment graduate MU 30:51 - Jessica’s inside access to MU’s little known history as a Tour Guide, Summer Welcome Leader, and MU Ambassador 35:03 - Jessica entails the dilemmas BlPOC students face when speaking out at predominantly White institutions 38:20 - Jessica’s path to being a Houston Rockets Intern 43:15 - Jessica’s shares how she works with the Rockets archival materials 47:13 - Jessica’s process in taking new risks with videos for certain game days 51:56 - Jessica’s recommendations: Variety Sketch Series Random Acts of Flyness and Documentary-series Eyes on the Prize 56:04 - Concluding Thought: Edward’s passion of basketball Episode Notes: Concerned Student 1950 Documentary by Adam Dietrich, Kellan H. Marvin, Varun Bahaj The Spark with Jalen Green and Kevin Porter Jr The Harvest by Jessica Tifase Jessica talks to MU about Caged Birds