{"id":6211,"date":"2019-12-05T04:14:45","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T04:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/media-archive.blackartinamerica.com\/?p=6211"},"modified":"2019-12-05T04:16:51","modified_gmt":"2019-12-05T04:16:51","slug":"vernon-reids-artificial-afrika-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earthexhibitions.org\/media-archive\/?p=6211","title":{"rendered":"Vernon Reid&#8217;s &#8220;Artificial Afrika&#8221; Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Vernon Reid&#8217;s &#8220;Artificial Afrika&#8221; Project<\/h1>\n<pre style=\"text-align: center;\">by D. Young<\/pre>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/716811655&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\" width=\"600\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Guitar legend, Vernon Reid, of black rock group, Living Colour discusses his work as a multimedia artist with Producer, Derin Young. Reid now combines and expands his work as a musician and photographer into multimedia performance experiences with the introduction of his ever evolving, <i>Artificial Afrika<\/i> project &#8230;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">One of contemporary music&#8217;s most prolific guitarists, Reid has been featured in the Martin Scorsese&#8217;s documentary, &#8220;The Blues&#8221; and was included on the list of Rolling Stone Magazine&#8217;s<i> 100 Greatest Guitarists. <\/i> <i><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/iDTNY57rfQ8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/youtu.be\/iDTNY57rfQ8&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1575605103346000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEprIjBdlsoVhi-HtOX3Qn3wCTrmw\">Mistaken Identity<\/a><\/i> is an example of Reid&#8217;s experimental and solo work that explores themes of ethnicity and cultural ipseity. Reid<i> <\/i>recently featured portions of &#8220;<i>Artificial Afrika&#8221;<\/i> in Miami&#8217;s Design District and participated in discussion and performance programming during the closing weekend of crystal bridges\u2019 Soul Of A Nation exhibition.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iDTNY57rfQ8\" width=\"690\" height=\"420\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Artist, Composer, Musician and Producer, Vernon Reid is the founder of the rock band <a href=\"http:\/\/livingcolour.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/livingcolour.com\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1575605103346000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEQKXPaQu2TJslDGQFKDnskDraiTg\">Living Colour<\/a>, which was formed in New York City in 1984.\u00a0 Living Colour won two Grammy Awards in 1990 and 1991 for Best Hard Rock Performance. The band&#8217;s most recent and sixth studio album, Shade, was released in 2017. Reid&#8217;s career spans several decades and includes work with such artists as Defunct, Bill Frisell, Ronald Shannon Jackson, Mick Jagger, Arto Lindsay, James Blood Ulmer and John Zorn among many others.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"https:\/\/earthexhibitions.org\/media-archive\/?p=6211\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"share-reddit\"><div class=\"reddit_button\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/static\/button\/button1.html?newwindow=true&width=120&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fearthexhibitions.org%2Fmedia-archive%2F%3Fp%3D6211&amp;title=Vernon%20Reid%27s%20%22Artificial%20Afrika%22%20Project\" height=\"22\" width=\"120\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"https:\/\/earthexhibitions.org\/media-archive\/?p=6211\" data-text=\"Vernon Reid&#039;s &quot;Artificial Afrika&quot; Project\" data-via=\"baiaonline\" >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a class=\"tumblr-share-button\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/share\" data-title=\"Vernon Reid's \"Artificial Afrika\" Project\" data-content=\"https:\/\/earthexhibitions.org\/media-archive\/?p=6211\" title=\"Share on Tumblr\"data-posttype=\"link\">Share on Tumblr<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><div class=\"linkedin_button\"><script type=\"in\/share\" data-url=\"https:\/\/earthexhibitions.org\/media-archive\/?p=6211\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><div class=\"pinterest_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fearthexhibitions.org%2Fmedia-archive%2F%3Fp%3D6211&#038;media=https%3A%2F%2Fi0.wp.com%2Fearthexhibitions.org%2Fmedia-archive%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2019%2F12%2FDA_Artist_Vernon-Reid_EA5308090540_vunvxc50xk23_PROXY.jpg%3Ffit%3D900%252C675%26ssl%3D1&#038;description=Vernon%20Reid%27s%20%22Artificial%20Afrika%22%20Project\" data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-config=\"beside\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/pidgets\/pinit_fg_en_rect_gray_20.png?w=750\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vernon Reid&#8217;s &#8220;Artificial Afrika&#8221; Project by D. Young \ufeff Guitar legend, Vernon Reid, of black rock group, Living Colour discusses his work as a multimedia artist with Producer, Derin Young. 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