Critics in Coatcheck

Final Episode: Comedy as Defiance Part II by Critics in Coatcheck

This bonus episode extends the conversation we began on language by exploring the use of words, intonation and poetry in spoken language and artistic production. Rockyatu explores works of Kamau Braithwaite, Jason Moran, and Okwui Enweazor.

We explore the contributions of comedy heavyweights like Charlie Murphy and Richard Pryor and contextualize their contributions in the struggle for #blacklivesmatter. Using comedy perhaps as a breeding ground for compassionate forgiveness and transformation we look to the work of Valerie Oka and Glenn Ligon as anchors for this conversation. Follow us on ig @cicartpod!

Censorship and Social Politics featuring special guest and visual artist, Alexandra Bell discusses how we consume news, media and the experience of the newspaper. The conversation explores language, and the negative imagination imposed on black youth. In this episode there are theoretical references to Fred Moten and Saidiya Hartman's discussion of "The Black Outdoors" at Duke University and the book: The Undercommons. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_tUZ6dybrc