#cameronmirhossaini

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Decolonizing art by removing the portraits and letting everything flow organically, freeing artists from the perpetrators that inserted the systemic forms of control and policing.

“Traveling at the speed of light and then At the same time I’m in the same spot too...” taken at the Studio Museum in Harlem

[stanfordartsinstitute]

Art in open space is all about inspiring the masses. What a privilege it is the access the millions of dollars of paintings we've seen in the past week, but also to see the powerful murals hidden around the city.

[stanfordartsinstitute]

what is “becoming?” what cultural and social influences are formative in my own actualization? what role do systemic struggles such as American segregation and the Vietnam war play in shaping our identities? questions brought up by stuart hall and his cultural theory.

The Unfinished Conversation | John Akomfrah

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it’s one thing to understand that it’s big. it’s completely different to understand what implications big comes with: restaurants we’ll never eat at, street corners we’ll never stand on, people we will never see. and that’s okay.

the city | march 2017

[stanfordartsinstitute]

we forget where we are and the spaces that we take. stay mindful, stay vigilant, stay empathetic. don't be the european art exhibit that takes up all of the space when shows like the asian or near east exhibits who get a fraction of that real estate exist.