Visible Storytelling: The Slave Rebellion Reenactment by Dread Scott
Artist Dread Scott, in conversation with Visible curator Carolina Lio, revisited this project about freedom and emancipation, discussing connections between the American past and present.
In this video, Dread Scott revisits the project Slave Rebellion Reenactment, a community-engaged performance reenacting the biggest rebellion of enslaved people in American history in 1811. The reenactment took place in November 2019, with hundreds of people from the black community marching for about 24 miles over 2 days along the River Parishes and in New Orleans through the lands that used to be sugar and cotton plantations and ending in a public celebration in the historical landmark Congo Square.
A symbol of freedom and emancipation, the reenactment of this historical event opens a discussion about the connections between the American past and present.
Visible Storytelling is a project by Visible (Cittadellarte - Fondazione Pistoletto and Fondazione Zegna) curated by Carolina Lio. It aims to narrate some of the stories behind the projects in the Visible Archive, a platform that researches, produces and connects long-term socially engaged art projects, working with artists dealing with the urgencies of our times.
Visible Storytelling's videos are produced by Looking Forward. Looking Forward also curated the social media campaign associated with the project on Visible Instagram.