<I>We Outchea: Hip-Hop Fabrications and Public Space, Collage Study 2</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2020
name: label: Created by
content: Sekou Cooke, Jamaican American
label: Subject of
content: Pioneer Homes, American, founded 1941
notes: label: Description
content: A digital illustration by Sekou Cooke as part of the collage studies from “We Outchea: Hip-Hop Fabrications and Public Space.” The digital illustration takes a black-and-white photograph of public housing complex Pioneer Houses separated by the Interstate 81 in Syracuse, New York. The interstate stretches across the photograph and is highlighted in orange. In the far background, in the upper left quadrant, are the AXA Towers (the Equitable Towers since 2020). In the bottom left corner, below the highlighted highway, white text reads [“THE REMOVAL OF THE HIGHWAY HAS THE / POTENTIAL TO ESSTENTIALLY REPEAT THE / SAME OUTCOMES THAT THE CONSTRUCTION / OF THE HIGHWAYS HAD.”].
label: Description
content: When installed, the collage studies comprise a 3x3 grid of nine different illustrations, with this illustration placed in the top middle.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York, United States, North and Central America
title: label: Title
content: Digital illustration of collage study 2 of 9
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Architecture
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Hip-hop (Music)
label: Topic
content: Housing
label: Topic
content: Urban planning
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Portfolio/Series
content: We Outchea: Hip-Hop Fabrications and Public Space
label: Classification
content: Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Sekou Cooke
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2023.63.3
objectType: label: Type
content: digital media - born digital
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Sekou Cooke
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: digital
label: Dimensions
content: File size: 71.66 MB