Artist Talk with Arthur Jafa: A Series of Utterly Improbable, Yet Extraordinary Renditions

'In this talk, Arthur Jafa talks about his concluding exhibition at the Julia Stoschek Collection Berlin as well as his latest project “The White Album.” The title of the exhibition, A Series of Utterly Improbable, Yet Extraordinary Renditions, concerns the sense of absence Jafa sees haunting Black life. The word “rendition” refers to his interpretation of the aesthetics associated with Black being, which are historically inscribed in images, objects, and artefacts. By re-performing these narratives in the present, Jafa imagines and constructs new possibilities for making them visible.'