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Jabari Zuberi & Zora J Murff

Artsits and scholars Jabari Zuberi and Zora J Murff engage in intellectual struggle to better understand the material conditions of being an artist in our Postmodern moment. Their efforts are to use the knowledge gained to promote consciousness-raising, demystify the regulative aesthetic functions of Western Black culture, and propose a new anti-imperialist program of political education and practice for ALL artists and scholars. We are making this to reach other artists, educators, other arts professionals and the petty bourgeoisie, because those are the lived experiences we have. That being said, this show is also for everyone; come study with us. "The opposite of imperial violence is not non-violence." —Russell Maroon Shoatz cityboyzora.substack.com

Episodes

  1. Oct 12

    Hittin’ stuff

    Our original introduction music by the percussive prince, Clint L. Get full access to Habitual Line Stepper at cityboyzora.substack.com/subscribe

    Hittin’ stuff

  2. Oct 11

    Episode 0: CFAR Researcher-in-Residence, Jabari Zuberi

    In this episode of Study., we introduce the podcast and Jabari’s research residency at the University of Oregon’s Center for Art Research. Tracing his movement through the professional photography field, academia, and nonprofit arts work into writing and criticism, we question the compromises required by institutions (and their agents) that promise to support artists and communities. From expensive photobooks to public murals, we examine how representations of Black life can reinforce systems they claim to challenge. Through shared experiences and self-criticism, we consider how artists might direct their labor toward political education and collective organizing, and how studying capitalism and imperialism change the ways we make and use our art. Art by WORK/PLAYMusic by Clint Lindner Links: The Center for Art Research: https://centerforartresearch.uoregon.edu/cfar-activity/ Where to find Jabari: Art - https://www.jaysimple.com Writing - Jabari Stakes A Claim Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/fka_jaysimple/ Where to find Zora: Art - https://www.zora-murff.com Writing - Habitual Line Stepper Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/zorajmurff/ Show Content Links: El Hajj Malik El Shabazz (Malcom X) quote: https://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=3&psid=3624 Marshall McLuhan quote: https://web.mit.edu/allanmc/www/mcluhan.mediummessage.pdf Frederic Jameson's Postmodernism, or The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism: https://web.education.wisc.edu/halverson/wp-content/uploads/sites/33/2012/12/jameson.pdf Joy James lecture excerpt: https://www.instagram.com/reels/C4gAyQMM790/ Get full access to Habitual Line Stepper at cityboyzora.substack.com/subscribe

  3. Sep 28

    Study. Teaser: Jabari and Zora read Jemma DeCristo’s ‘The Aesthetic Character of Blackness’

    ”The opposite of imperial violence is not non-violence.”—Russell Maroon Shoatz Welcome to Study., a project that’s long been in the works, we just didn’t know it. Join us in discussing the politics of being an artist in postmodernism (late-stage capitalism). This is an attempt to develop a clearer understanding of whose politics our cultural production serves and to find new ways of using our creative skills outside of the anti-Black and bourgeois art industry. Come for some laughs, stay for the intellectual struggle. See you soon. Art by Work/Play Get full access to Habitual Line Stepper at cityboyzora.substack.com/subscribe

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Artsits and scholars Jabari Zuberi and Zora J Murff engage in intellectual struggle to better understand the material conditions of being an artist in our Postmodern moment. Their efforts are to use the knowledge gained to promote consciousness-raising, demystify the regulative aesthetic functions of Western Black culture, and propose a new anti-imperialist program of political education and practice for ALL artists and scholars. We are making this to reach other artists, educators, other arts professionals and the petty bourgeoisie, because those are the lived experiences we have. That being said, this show is also for everyone; come study with us. "The opposite of imperial violence is not non-violence." —Russell Maroon Shoatz cityboyzora.substack.com

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  • Creator
    Jabari Zuberi & Zora J Murff
  • Episodes
    3
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © CityBoyZora
  • Show Website
    Study.