Multichannel HD video, super 8mm and VHS transfer. 26 min TRT. Narrative excerpt of Christie Neptune's point of view from the ongoing series, Ah New Riddim.
Multichannel HD video, Super 8mm and VHS transfer.
Photo credit: Hai Zhang
A ready made study of Interactivity, made of acrylic, birch wood, raspberry pi, RFID scanner, jumper wires, card-stock and magnifier. Viewers are invited to scan a deck a cards featuring an excerpt from my thesis paper. Each card activates a narrative thread within the film’s structure, breaking the relationship of suture within the film’s discourse.
Photo credit: Hai Zhang
A ready made thesis study of Interactivity, made of acrylic, birch wood, raspberry pi, RFID scanner, jumper wires, card-stock and magnifier.
Multichannel HD Video, Super 8mm and VHS Transfer.
Photo credit: Hai Zhang
HD video still.
Contemporary performance of dancehall featuring Christie Neptune, her father (DJ Kulcha) and music selector, DJ X Rated.
HD video still.
Contemporary performance of dancehall featuring Christie Neptune, her father (DJ Kulcha) and music selector, DJ X Rated.
A re-articulation of the Caribbean sound system tradition.
Mirrored acrylic, birch wood, Dayton drivers, crossover, speaker wires and LED monitors.
Photo credit: Hai Zhang
VHS Video Still. Ah New Riddim (CCRIII)
Super 8mm Video Still. Ah New Riddim (CCRIII)
Super 8mm Video Still. Ah New Riddim (CCRIII)
HD video still.
HD Video Film Still.
Multichannel HD video, Super 8mm and VHS transfer.
Video still of film etching on super 8mm. Ah New Riddim (CCRIII)
VHS Video Still. Ah New Riddim (CCRIII)
Multichannel HD video, Super 8mm and VHS transfer
Featuring archival documentation of my father, DJ Kulcha.
Photo credit: Hai Zhang
Multichannel HD video, Super 8mm and VHS transfer
Featuring archival documentation of my father, DJ Kulcha.
Photo credit: Hai Zhang
Public performance between Ayana Sheree, DJ X-Rated, audience and I highlighting my thesis research and exhibition: Ah New Riddim at Cuchifritos Gallery + Project space (New York, NY), September 16, 2023.
Excerpts from my thesis research paper entitled “Ah New Riddim: A Marked (Black) Axiological Shift Across Space and Time” were read over the “Sleng Teng” riddim followed by a performance from East Flatbush Dancehall artist, Ayana Sheree.
Thesis Paper: https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/151230