Search
My feed
2019

America’s largest slave revolt brought back to life

Performance artist Dread Scott recreates the the largely untold story of the 1811 slave rebellion in southern Louisiana. Winding through old plantation country, petrochemical plants and the city of New Orleans, the Guardian followed re-enactors along the route.

Films

Film collection · 32 items

Related

walkingevent

Political topography

“Political Topography” calls to mind expressions such as “political landscape”, ;“political climate”, and “the lay of the land”. It suggests the way in which the language of nature is used metaphorically to characterize or analyze a current cultural or political state of affairs. Join us for a discussion with curator and activist Nina Felshin exploring this fascinating topic.

Nina Felshin Babak Fakhamzadeh
video

Political Topography

Nina Felshin discusses her trajectory as a curator and activist, examining the works of a handful of relevant walking artists.

Nina Felshin Babak Fakhamzadeh
Walking piece

Slave Rebellion Reenactment

Slave Rebellion Reenactment (2019) by Dread Scott reenacted the 1811 German Coast Uprising, with hundreds of Black participants marching 26 miles in period dress. The performance and film honored enslaved rebels’ fight for freedom and reimagined history.

Dread Scott

The Walking Institute

A peripatetic school for the human pace – it explores, researches and celebrates the human pace by bringing walking and other journeying activities together with arts and other cultural disciplines and people from all walks of life.

Added by Claudia Zeiske
Problem?

Encountered a problem? Report it to let us know.

  • Include the page on which you encountered the problem.
  • Describe what happened.
  • Describe what you expected to happen.
Follow us