爱的讯息

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  • LoveIsTheMessage,TheMessageIsDeathisanewvideobyart… LoveIsTheMessage,TheMessageIsDeathisanewvideobyartist,director,andaward-winningcinematographerArthurJafa.SettothesearinghighsandlowsofKanyeWest’sgospel-inspiredhip-hoptrack,“UltralightBeam,”LoveIsTheMessageisamasterfulconvergenceoffoundfootagethattracesAfrican-Americanidentitythroughavastspectrumofcontemporaryimagery.Fromphotographsofcivilrightsleaderswatermarkedwith“GettyImages”tohelicopterviewsoftheLARiotstoawaveofbodiesdancingto“TheDougie,”themeticulouslyedited7-minutevideosuspendsviewersinaswelling,emotionalmontagethatisatestamenttoJafa’sprofoundabilitytomine,scrutinize,andreclaimmedia’srepresentationalmodesandstrategies.AlongsidesegmentsoffamiliarBlackiconsandhistoriceventsarealsoscenesfeaturinglesserknownfigures:anonymousbodiesinvariousstatesofelationanddespair.ExcerptsfromJafa’sownstunningdocumentaryfilm,DreamsareColderthanDeath(2012)inflectsapersonaldimensiontoimagerymostlydrawnfromnewsmedia,televisionandtheInternet.Inthispointedinclusion,Jafadisclosesbothhisvulnerabilityandauthorityasanartist—whatitmeanstocontributetothevastandcomplexterrainofBlackrepresentation.WhileLoveIsTheMessagepoignantlyembodiestheartist’sdesiretocreateacinemathat“replicatesthepower,beautyandalienationofBlackMusic,”itisalsoareminderthatthecollectivemultitudedefiningBlacknessiscomprisedofsingularindividuals,manifoldidentitiesandtheirunaccountabledifferences.

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