Event Title
Mendi + Keith Obadike: Artist Talk
Name UC San Diego Visual Arts
Address 9500 Gilman Dr.
City La Jolla
State CA
Zip 92093
Opening Hours 5:00 p.m.
Location North County Coastal
Telephone 8588227755
Email nlesley@ucsd.edu
Web Site https://visarts.ucsd.edu/news-events/20250403_mendi-keithobadike.html
   
Contact Nick Lesley  
Fee RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/keith-mendi-obadike-the-skeuomorph-gallery-qi-tickets-1291647044079
Reception Date 3-4-2025
Dates Starts On 3-4-2025   Ends On 3-4-2025
Opening Days Reception and Talk: April 3rd
Event Description Rooted in African-American freedom struggles and Igbo cosmology, The Skeuomorph unfolds as a poetic meditation on technological agency and the myths we encode in our machines. At the center of the exhibition stands BLKBX (BB)—a sculptural object, a "smarter" speaker and a speculative AI entity trained on documents of African American and African Diasporic histories, biographies and philosophies of freedom. Through a multisensory installation featuring reimagined political speeches, archival fragments, and layered sonic environments, the exhibition invites visitors to consider how history reverberates in the present—shaping the voices we amplify, the ones we silence, and the futures we imagine.
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