Even more than the pervasive «Black is beautiful,» this curiously ambiguous phrase hints at the multitude of meanings, voices, and questions
surrounding blackness in the exhibition.
December 2016 / The Creators Project 14 Photographers Explore Mythologies
Surrounding Blackness Download PDF
Not exact matches
, with sets shot in portrait from a distance and rooms
surrounded by
blackness to highlight the cramped quarters of the war council.
Del Toro uses a lot of old - fashioned camera tricks like wipes (as transitions from scene to scene), and there are also multiple iris wipes (where a circular shape
surrounded by
blackness homes in on one small image).
The front is all screen
surrounded by a thin bezel, with only a small camera breaking up the
blackness.
The black console with its blue logo are meant to represent the Earth
surrounded by the inky
blackness of space.
Walking through the exhibit, anyone who has heard about the controversy
surrounding Dana Schutz's portrait of Emmett Till in the 2017 Whitney Biennial should be keenly aware of the significance of a show where the narrative of
blackness is articulated by black artists.