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Keith Obadike

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Stephanie Dinkins

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It's always a pleasure to be in conversation with Mendi and Keith Obadike. The sound art duo have been working together for 25 years, which gives them perspective to be able to identify trends, changes, and ongoing challenges in the field. Their sound work is beautifully designed, often utilizing the human voice as an instrument, and typically they take on issues often ignored in sound art, like race relations in the United States or the country's histories of exclusion. In this conversation, we covered a lot of ground, including their recent refusal to accept an award from ZKM, a media arts center in Germany, due to that organization's public disclosure of their difficulties in adjudicating within an offensive and false dichotomy of quality vs diversity.

It's always a pleasure to be in conversation with Mendi and Keith Obadike. The sound art duo have been working together for 25 years, which gives them perspective to be able to identify trends, changes, and ongoing challenges in the field. Their sound work is beautifully designed, often utilizing the human voice as an instrument, and typically they take on issues often ignored in sound art, like race relations in the United States or the country's histories of exclusion. In this conversation, we covered a lot of ground, including their recent refusal to accept an award from ZKM, a media arts center in Germany, due to that organization's public disclosure of their difficulties in adjudicating within an offensive and false dichotomy of quality vs diversity.

Digital Intimacies: Mendi+Keith Obadike

Mendi & Keith Obadike

In this week’s episode, I had the opportunity to interview sound artists Mendi and Keith Obadike. Mendi and Keith Obadike began experimenting with conventional music, but naturally expanded their endeavors. As conceptual and sound artists, their projects seek to go beyond any and all expectations of sound, music and genre in order to sonically create and recreate fantastical, historical, and contemporary interactions within the black experience. Keith is an Associate Professor in the college of arts and communications at William Patterson University. Currently serves as a key art advisor for the Times Square Alliance. Mendi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Humanities and Media Studies at Pratt Institute and she is also  a poetry editor for Fence Magazine. Their works include Big House/Disclosure, Four Electric Ghosts, Numbers Station series, Sour Thunder, and Phonotype. They are frequently called upon to creatively conceive and construct sonic and visual productions based on archival collections. They are recipients of the Rockefeller New Media Arts Fellowship and the New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Fiction, to name a few. You can find additional biographical information, view their past and current projects, books, and other media at their website: http://www.obadike.com/ To view excerpts of selected projects, click Numbers Station 1, Numbers Station 2, Numbers Station 3, Four Electric Ghosts, and Sonic Migration: Morning Comes Their books are available for purchase at http://www.journal1913.org/publications/mendikeith-obadike/ They encourage listeners to invite them to their own local art shows and institutions. Also, If you would like to contact them, you can do so via email at mendiandkeith@gmail.com Or contact them them on social media!  Facebook Twitter Interested in the sound artists, companies and projects mentioned in the show? Check out these links! Collaborations:  Charles Albert Tindley The Staples Singers Paloma McGregor Patricia McGregor Kate Cusack S. Ryan Schmidt Urban Bush Women Latasha Nevada Diggs Karma Mayet Johnson Maria Bauman Keisha J. Turner Marjani Forte Catherine Denecy Guillermo E. Brown Shoko Nagai Keith Witty The Kitchen Yūki Nakajima Alexander Delaunay Ryan Lee Gallery Met Museum Friedman Gallery Studio museum in harlem  Works in Development: Radio Imagination: Artists in the Archive of Octavia E. Butler Residency at the Crossroads Artists They Recommending: Sondra Perry Scratch Tomashi Jackson Resource they rely on: LOVE  Community The post Ep 3 Mendi + Keith Obadike appeared first on Contemporary Black Canvas.

In this week’s episode, I had the opportunity to interview sound artists Mendi and Keith Obadike. Mendi and Keith Obadike began experimenting with conventional music, but naturally expanded their endeavors. As conceptual and sound artists, their projects seek to go beyond any and all expectations of sound, music and genre in order to sonically create and recreate fantastical, historical, and contemporary interactions within the black experience. Keith is an Associate Professor in the college of arts and communications at William Patterson University. Currently serves as a key art advisor for the <a href="http://www.timessquarenyc.org/index.aspx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Times Square Alliance</a>. Mendi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Humanities and Media Studies at Pratt Institute and she is also  a poetry editor for <a href="http://www.fenceportal.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fence Magazine</a>. Their works include <a href="http://www.journal1913.org/publications/mendikeith-obadike/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Big House/Disclosure</a>, <a href="http://www.journal1913.org/publications/mendikeith-obadike/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Four Electric Ghosts</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuLzv53gM_o&amp;list=PLAbP1VAer8tTcsmfkAH7pLcZN_0qE3aET" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Numbers Station</a> series, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Sour-Thunder-Mendi-Keith-Obadike/dp/B005L4VV6C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1481316377&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=sour+thunder" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sour Thunder</a>, and Phonotype. They are frequently called upon to creatively conceive and construct sonic and visual productions based on archival collections. They are recipients of the <a href="http://goldsen.library.cornell.edu/special/renew.php" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rockefeller New Media Arts Fellowship</a> and the <a href="https://www.nyfa.org/Content/Show/Artists%27%20Fellowships" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Fiction</a>, to name a few. You can find additional biographical information, view their past and current projects, books, and other media at their website: <a href="http://www.obadike.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.obadike.com/</a> To view excerpts of selected projects, click <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuLzv53gM_o" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Numbers Station 1</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ww2vrBB9Gno" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Numbers Station 2</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esBmi08sboc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Numbers Station 3</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAMWfNQlgVQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Four Electric Ghosts</a>, and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQAcRCWv9gs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sonic Migration: Morning Comes</a> Their books are available for purchase at <a href="http://www.journal1913.org/publications/mendikeith-obadike/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.journal1913.org/publications/mendikeith-obadike/</a> They encourage listeners to invite them to their own local art shows and institutions. Also, If you would like to contact them, you can do so via email at <a href="mailto:mendiandkeith@gmail.com">mendiandkeith@gmail.com</a> Or contact them them on social media! <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mendiandkeith/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/mendiandkeith?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> Interested in the sound artists, companies and projects mentioned in the show? Check out these links! Collaborations: <ul> <li><a href="http://taylorhousemuseum.org/history/charles-albert-tindley/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Charles Albert Tindley</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-staple-singers-mn0000577235" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Staples Singers</a></li> <li><a href="http://angelaspulse.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Paloma McGregor</a></li> <li><a href="http://patriciamcgregor.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Patricia McGregor</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.katecusack.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kate Cusack</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/S.-Ryan-Schmidt/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">S. Ryan Schmidt</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.urbanbushwomen.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Urban Bush Women</a></li> <li><a href="http://latashadiggs.tumblr.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Latasha Nevada Diggs</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.thisiskarma.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Karma Mayet Johnso</a>n</li> <li><a href="https://gibneydance.org/teachers/maria-bauman/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Maria Bauman</a></li> <li><a href="http://baileyscafe.org/bios/keisha-j-turner/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Keisha J. Turner</a></li> <li><a href="https://vimeo.com/marjaniforte" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Marjani Forte</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/c.denecy/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Catherine Denecy</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/pegasuswarning/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Guillermo E. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.shokonagai.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Shoko Nagai</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.keithwitty.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Keith Witty</a></li> <li><a href="http://thekitchen.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Kitchen</a></li> <li><a href="https://myanimelist.net/people/36159/Yuuki_Nakajima" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Yūki Nakajima</a></li> <li><a href="http://sabo-project.com/about/sabo-project/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alexander Delaunay</a></li> <li><a href="http://ryanleegallery.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ryan Lee Gallery</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Met Museum</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.stephenfriedman.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Friedman Gallery</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.studiomuseum.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Studio museum in harlem</a></li> </ul> Works in Development: <a href="http://www.armoryarts.org/exhibitions/exhibitions-2016/radio/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Radio Imagination: Artists in the Archive of Octavia E. Butler</a> <a href="http://www.timessquarenyc.org/times-square-arts/projects/hidden-assets/artists-at-the-crossroads2/index.aspx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Residency at the Crossroads</a> Artists They Recommending: <a href="http://sondraperry.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sondra Perry</a> <a href="https://academy.scratch.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scratch</a> <a href="http://tomashijackson.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tomashi Jackson</a> Resource they rely on: LOVE Community The post <a href="http://www.contemporaryblackcanvas.com/httptraffic-libsyn-comcontemporaryblackcanvas03_cbc_03_keithmendinewintro-mp3/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ep 3 Mendi + Keith Obadike</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.contemporaryblackcanvas.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Contemporary Black Canvas</a>.

Ep 3 Mendi + Keith Obadike

Mendi and Keith Obadike 2/7/2012