Question Bridge assembles a series of questions posed to black men,
by and for other black men, along with the corresponding responses
and portraits of the participants. The questions range from the
comic to the sublimely philosophical: from "Am I the only one who
has problems eating chicken, watermelon, and bananas in front of
white people?" to "Why is it so difficult for black American men in
this culture to be themselves, their essential selves, and remain
who they truly are?" The answers tackle the issues that continue to
surround black male identity today in a uniquely honest,
no-holds-barred manner. While the ostensible subject is black men,
the conversation that evolves in these pages is ultimately about
the nature of living in a post-Obama, post-Ferguson, post-Voting
Rights Act America. Question Bridge is about who we are and what we
mean to one another. Most critically, it asks: how can we start to
dismantle the myths and misconceptions that have evolved around
race and gender in America-how can we reset the narrative about
ourselves? The founding artists, along with contributions from
Andrew Young, Jesse Williams, Rashid Shabazz, and Delroy Lindo,
will introduce and contextualize the body of the work and provide
closing remarks on our current and future social climate. The
Question Bridge Project is an innovative, transmedia project that
uses video to facilitate a conversation among black men from
diverse backgrounds. Originally created by Chris Johnson in 1996,
the project was revived by Hank Willis Thomas, Kamal Sinclair, and
Bayete Ross Smith in filming over 160 black men in nine American
cities, each of whom asked and answered questions posed by other
black men. This content was used to create a five-screen video
installation that has been exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum;
Oakland Museum of California; Birmingham Museum of Art; Cleveland
Museum of Art; Milwaukee Art Museum; Harvey B. Gantt Center for
African-American Arts+Culture, Charlotte, NC; San Diego African
American Museum of Art; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC;
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York; Rochester
Contemporary Arts Center, Rochester, NY; and Sundance Film
Festival, Park City, Utah. The Question Bridge Project includes
various platforms, an interactive website and mobile app, as well
as community roundtable conversations and a curriculum designed for
high school learners.
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