Legacy Russell
@legacyrussell
BORN LEGACY. | Executive Director & Chief Curator @TheKitchen_NYC | #GlitchFeminism šš¾šāØ | OUT NOW š BLACK MEME | Becoming my avatar.
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On the literary side, this issue includes fiction by E. De Zulueta, Ćngel Bonomini, and Diane Williams; poetry by Richard Siken and Bridget Talone; and an essay by Legacy Russell from her forthcoming book BLACK MEME. Plus, a comic by Manon Debaye and a portfolio by Pacita Abad.
Out May 7, BLACK MEME by Legacy Russell, author of groundbreaking GLITCH FEMINISM, explores the āmemeā as mapped to Black visual culture. "You will be galvanized by Legacy Russell's analytic brilliance & visceral eloquence." - Margo Jefferson. Pre-order: versobooks.com/products/2751-ā¦
š§Spectators and Witnessesš§ Throughout the evolution of the digital age, cultural production and dispossession have formed two sides of the same coin. Legacy Russell and Fred Moten join Eleanor Penny to discuss data, the middle passage, and blackness as transmission.
OUT TODAY! š„ BLACK MEME by Legacy Russell, author of the groundbreaking GLITCH FEMINISM, explores the āmemeā as mapped to Black visual culture. "You will be galvanized by her analytic brilliance & visceral eloquence." - Margo Jefferson. Order here: versobooks.com/products/2751-ā¦
Writer and curator Legacy Russell joins Kate Wolf on this week's #LARBRadioHour to discuss her new book, "Black Meme," which theorizes the history of viral images of Blackness in America from the dawn of the 20th century to the present. lareviewofbooks.org/av/legacy-russā¦
"We must keep fighting for Breonna Taylor, and the authorship of her personhood as an individual with agency." Legacy Russell on the amplification of Breonna Taylor fandom, fetish, and visual commodification as it proliferated online internationally.
The Internet Supercharged the Exploitation of Black Culture | Kaila Philo | The New Republic Legacy Russell traces Americaās reliance onāand profit fromāBlack imagery, from the 1910s to the Dancing Baby meme newrepublic.com/article/178203ā¦
"When you asked, whatās an early meme I remember, for me coming into awareness of lynching postcards was that nascent memory. The very idea that this was something that could exist as a material." -- Legacy Russell wired.com/story/dial-up-ā¦
At the end of next month, Legacy Russell will join Caleb Azumah Nelson in conversation to discuss hew new book BLACK MEME in this event at Whitechapel Gallery. Find out more: bit.ly/4d17NHe
24 Sep: Legacy Russell, author of the groundbreaking GLITCH FEMINISM, joins us to discuss her latest book BLACK MEME, exploring the āmemeā as mapped to Black visual culture from 1900 to the present. She'll be in conversation with Rene MatiÄ Book here: lrb.me/7n3
this Sunday at 1 PM for the Brooklyn Book Festival I'll be on this very cool panel with Legacy Russell and Emily Nussbaum āĀ we will definitely figure out what reality is. Hope to see you there! brooklynbookfestival.org/event/what-is-ā¦
When I tell you I am FLOORED: āCODE SWITCH: DISTRIBUTING BLACKNESS, REPROGRAMMING INTERNET ARTā Schomburg Center Oct 15-Dec 19, 2024 āDrawing its title from AndrĆ© Brockās groundbreaking text Distributed Blackness: African American Cybercultures (2020), the exhibition explores
Class field trip to Code Switch: Distributing Blackness, Reprogramming Internet Art SchomburgCenter in Harlem,exploring the contributions of Black cultural production to the sociopolitical & creative histories & pre-histories of computation. Organized by Legacy Russell & team
Final weeks of Code Switch SchomburgCenter with The Kitchen, some reflections here in this thoughtful conversation: kinoki.co/legacy-russellā¦ š»š¾āØ
This week, we publish āWaiting for Pope.Lā by Legacy Russell, an excerpt from āPope.L: Hospitalā published by South London Gallery and DISTANZ. The book documents the artistās last solo exhibition before his death in December 2023. contemporary.burlington.org.uk/articles/articā¦
