It Was A Rebellion has been in development for three years. An early version was performed as a pirate radio broadcast at Homan Square, a former Chicago Police Department black site. It mixes music from the Civil Rights Era and the Black Panther Party, news reports and political speeches, and ephemeral and symbolic sounds to articulate public expressions of Black rage.
It Was A Rebellion (House Mix) plays on the political roots of Black with a Chicago-style dance party vibe.
Read MoreCameron Esposito's memoir Save Yourself is a hilarious “queer-as-hell” story of how she came out and found comedy.
Read More"Strata" is a duet that layers contemporary dance with arm-knitted textiles to evoke mysterious discoveries.
Read MoreStephanie Dinkins is known for creating platforms for dialogue about artificial intelligence (AI) as it intersects race, gender, aging, and our future histories. She is particularly driven to work with communities of color to co-create more inclusive, fair and ethical artificial intelligent ecosystems.
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An ode to Chicago: This expresses what I would say to Chicago in its most precarious condition. We see you. We love you.
Read MoreEmmy nominated film about Native American Veterans and community working together to move forward together at the National Gathering of American Indian Veterans.
Read MoreTo preserve and highlight the cultural imprint and contributions of the Spanish-speaking Latino population in the United States, contratiempo programming includes our flagship quarterly publication, revista contratiempo, our annual Poesía en Abril poetry festival, co-presented with DePaul University, and our contratiempo radio hour at Lumpen Radio in Chicago.
Read MoreThis painting gives form to a vision of my grandmother who would frequently encounter snakes while gathering blueberries.
Read MoreThe events portrayed in these photographs look believable, yet have never occurred. By digitally creating a photograph that is a composite of multiple images of the same model in one setting, the self is exposed as not a solidified being in reality, but as a representation of social and interior investigations that happen within the mind.
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