Mendi na Keith Obadike

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**Mendi Obadike** ( née Lewis ; amuru na 1973) na **Keith Obadike** (amuru 1973) bu di na nwunye oji America bu ndi nka na ndi nkuzi, sitere na ihe nketa Igbo Naijira Ha na-emepụta egwu, &#x5D; &#x5B; **'</sup> .  Egosipụtala egwu ha, nka ọrụ ha na ihe nka ịntanetị nwere echiche na mba ụwa. Ha abụọ bụ ndị prọfesọ na Mahadum Cornell .  

Mendi bụ onye na-ede uri na Keith bụ onye na-ede egwú na onye na-ese ụda, ha lụrụ.  Egosiputara ihe odide ha na nka nka na ''Art Journal'',  ''Artthrob'', ''Meridians'', ''Black Arts Quarterly'', ''El País'' na ''Tema Celeste'', na akwụkwọ ndị dị ka ''Internet Art'' (2004) site na Rachel Greene,  ''Sound Unbound'' (2008), nke DJ Spooky deziri, ma gosipụta ọtụtụ oge na  WNYC kemgbe 2007.

== Ndụ mmalite na agụmakwụkwọ ==

=== Mendi Lewis Obadike ===
Mendi Lewis Obadike mụrụ na 1973 na Palo Alto, California,  mgbe nne na nna ya na-emecha ọrụ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Mahadum Stanford . A zụlitere ya na Nashville.  Nne ya bụ Shirley AR Lewis, onye bụbu onye isi oche nke Paine College nwere usoro mmụta;   na nna ya Ronald McGhee Lewis, bụ onye ọrụ na-elekọta mmadụ.  Na mbido, ọ nwalere ime egwu site na iji kaseti overdubs nke ahụigodo Casio na eserese kọmputa na kọmpụta Commodore . <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#x5B; **' &#x5D; E mesịa, Mendi mụọ asụsụ Latịn, ọ ghọkwara asụsụ Spanish nke ọma. 

Mendi dere egwuregwu mbụ ya wee dezie akwụkwọ akụkọ ederede *Focus* mgbe ọ bi na Atlanta ma na-agụ akwụkwọ na Spelman College . Ọ gụrụ akwụkwọ n'ọkwa kacha elu &#x5D; &#x5B; **'</sup> nye ya mkpakọrịta iji nweta Ph.D. na Literature and Sound Theory na Mahadum Duke,  wee sonye na mkpokọta Poetry Cave Canem. </link>Akwụkwọ <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">**' &#x5D; &#x5B; *Armor and Flesh* (2004) enwetara ihe nrite Naomi Long Madget sitere n'aka onye mbipụta ya Lotus Press (bụ Broadside Lotus Press).  Ọ bụ ngalaba na Pratt Institute ruo ọtụtụ afọ.

### Keith Obadike
A mụrụ Keith AL Townsend Obadike na 1973  na Nashville, Tennessee . Nne ya rụrụ ọrụ dị ka onye nchịkwa na post ọfịs na nna ya (onye gụrụ akwụkwọ obere oge ya na onye na-emepụta ihe bụ Buckminster Fuller ) bụ onye injinia si Nigeria .&#x5B; &#x5D; **'</sup> -etolite na Nashville, Keith mụrụ piano oge ochie, woodwinds wee malite mmemme BASIC na kọmputa TRS-80, ma rụọ ọrụ dị ka onye na-emepụta ụda na onye na-emepụta ihe na mpaghara hip-hop mpaghara. Kedar Massenburg ( Motown Records president) mechara chọta ya wee bịanye aka na ndekọ MCA ebe ya na ndị na-ese R&amp;amp;B dị ka D'Angelo na Angie Stone rụkọrọ ọrụ yana ya na Lauryn Hill / Fugees na P-Funk rụrụ ọrụ. O mechara zute ma ndị na-agụ egwu eletrọnịkị dị ka Paul Lansky na Olly Wilson na-emetụta ya mgbe <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#x5D; **' &#x5B; arụ ọrụ na Mahadum Duke . Keith gara n'ihu mụọ ihe osise na nka dijitalụ na North Carolina Central University wee bụrụ onye America mbụ nwetara MFA na Sound Design na Mahadum Yale . 

## Ọrụ
N'afọ 1996, Mendi na Keith malitere ịrụkọ ọrụ nka n'Ịntanet n'echiche na ihe nka ụda na ebumnuche nke ịmepụta operas ịntanetị. N'afọ 1998, ha mụrụ nka ma gbaa ndị na-ese ihe na Ghana ajụjụ ọnụ na mgbasa ozi eletrọnịkị. Ka ha rịọchara ndị enyi ha ka ha nye ha akwụkwọ ozi site na email, ha kere *Uli Suite* ihe nka ụda dabere n'ụdị nka Igbo. 

Na 2000 ha kere "My Hands / Wishful Thinking", ihe ncheta nka nke Intanet maka Amadou Diallo . Ọrụ a, nke egosiri na MIT List Visual Arts Center na 2001 otu show "Race in Digital Space,"  mere ọtụtụ mkparịta ụka ma na ntanetị ma gbanyụọ mgbe ha nyere Keith's Blackness maka ire ere na eBay na 2001 dị ka arụmọrụ ịntanetị. Mendi mekwara mpempe hypertext pere mpe *, idobe ọdịdị,* ọrụ net.art nke izizi nwanyị ojii.

Na 2002 Mendi na Keith malitere opera Ịntanetị ha *The Sour Thunder* ( Bridge Records, Inc. ) bụ nke gosipụtara ihe odide hypertext site na onye na-agụ akwụkwọ Houston Baker, onye na-eme ihe nkiri Coco Fusco na onye na-egwu egwu DJ Spooky n'etiti ndị ọzọ. Nke a bụ ọrụ mgbasa ozi ọhụrụ mbụ nke Yale Cabaret nyere ọrụ, na Obadikes bidoro *The Interaction of Coloreds* (nke Whitney Museum of American Art nyere ya).

Na 2003 Keith na onye na-ede egwuregwu Anna Deavere Smith rụkọrọ ọrụ dị ka onye na-emepụta ụda na onye na-ede egwú maka egwu ya *Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992* na Lincoln Center Institute, na uri Mendi gosipụtara na Studio Museum na Harlem na nzaghachi na ihe ngosi nke onye na-ese ihe nkiri Gary Simmons. 'ọrụ. Na 2003, ha malitere "The Pink of Stealth", ọrụ ntanetị / DVD gburugburu ọrụ nke New York African Film Festival na Electronic Arts Intermix nyere ọrụ, na *The Sour Thunder* na-agbasa na mba ụwa site na 104.1 FM na Berlin wee wepụta ya na CD si Bridge Records na 2004. E nyekwara Keith ihe nrite Connecticut Critics' Circle Award maka ọrụ nhazi ụda ya na Yale Repertory Theatre . 

Ha nwetara Rockefeller Media Arts Fellowship iji mepụta ntinye na album aha ya bụ *TaRonda Who Wore White Gloves* . Egwuregwu ịntanetị ha, akpọrọ *[[Four Electric Ghosts|Anọ Electric Ghosts]]*, ka emepụtara maka Toni Morrison 's Atelier na Mahadum Princeton na 2005 na Kitchen dị na New York na 2009. Ha echekwala ihe ngosi nka ụda "Ya nụrụ: ụda sitere na Artbase" maka Rhizome .org na New Museum of Contemporary Art . Akwụkwọ Mendi 2004 *Armor na anụ ahụ*   (Lotus Press)  meriri Naomi Long Madget Poetry Award.

Ha nyere otu isi na 2008 Sound Unbound: Sampling Digital Music and Culture (The MIT Press, 2008) deziri Paul D. Miller aka DJ Spooky . N'otu afọ ahụ, ha wepụtara CD nchịkọta akụkọ nke akpọrọ *Crosstalk: American Speech Music* on Bridge Records. Album ahụ nwere egwu sitere n'aka Vijay Iyer, Guillermo E. Brown, Shelley Hirsch, George E. Lewis, Pamela Z, John Link, Paul Lansky, Tracie Morris, DJ Spooky, Daniel Bernard Roumain na Peter Gordon / Lawrence Weiner .

Nwa. Net. Art Actions bụ ụlọ ọrụ mgbasa ozi ọhụrụ nke Obadikes mepụtara n'etiti 2001 na 2003 bipụtara na *re : akpụkpọ ahụ* dị na MIT Press  ma dị na ebe nrụọrụ weebụ ha mgbe ahụ blackartnet.com. Ọrụ ndị a gụnyere *Blackness for Sale* (2001), *Ịkwado Ọdịdị* (2001), *The Interaction of Coloreds* (2002), na *Pink of Stealth* (2003). 

Emepụtara na 2001, Keith Obadike's *Blackness for Sale* bụ ibe eBay na-akpọsa ire ojii ya.  Ihe a na-ere n'elu ikpo okwu na-agụnyekarị aha ma ọ bụ aha ngwaahịa, nkọwa nke ojiji ya, ọnụahịa mmalite, na foto. Maka *oji maka ire ere*, Obadike soro usoro a dochie nkọwa ya na ọtụtụ uru na ọghọm nke ịbụ onye ojii. O nyere ihe ire ere juxtaposed na "ịdọ aka ná ntị" maka ihe ndọghachi azụ nke inwe njirimara ojii.  Iberibe ahụ kwalitere echiche na ndị Black e homogenized ruo n'ókè ebe ahụmahụ ha aghọwo ihe a na-apụghị ịmata; gaa n'èzí na onye na-azụ ahịa, enwere otu ahụmahụ Black. A na-akpọsa akụkụ nke mmadụ ma jiri ya kpọrọ ihe ka ukwuu ebe ọ na-ahapụkwa ihe ndị ọzọ na-akọwapụta ụdị onye ọ bụ . Akụkụ kasị baa uru nke onye ojii abụghịzi ahụ ahụ ha kama ọ bụ ihe ndị ọzọ metụtara ịdị adị ha. Omenala ojii aghọwo ụdị isi obodo ọhụrụ, ịntanetị ebe a na-agbanwe ya. Enwere ike wepụ omenala ojii na ịntanetị na-enweghị mmekọrịta ma ọ bụ kwenye na ahụ Black, si otú ahụ na-ehichapụ ndị ojii. Ebe ọ bụ na mbụ, a na-eji ndị isi ojii akpọrọ ihe na obodo ndị isi obodo maka ikike anụ ahụ ha, ugbu a a na-eji ha akpọrọ ihe maka isi obodo omenala ha.

#### ''Albedo'' (maka Angela Davis) (2014)
*Albedo* bụ ntinye ụda ọwa anọ. N'ihe ndekọ ọdịyo ahụ, otu olu na-akọ akụkọ ifo banyere ogre na agha ya na ọnwa na-alụ.  A na-emesi akụkọ ahụ ike na bassline droning, mkpu nke ụmụ ahụhụ na-eme n'abalị na mkpu nke loons dị anya. A na-ebipụta mgbidi etiti nke nrụnye na ntinye sitere na onye ọkà ihe ọmụma na onye na-akwado Angela Davis na nnwere onwe.

#### ''Ọkà okwu Blues'' (maka James Baldwin) (2015)
*Ọkà okwu Blues* bụ nnukwu ọwa 24, ọrụ ụda awa 12 arụnyere na Ụlọ Akwụkwọ Ọhụrụ na New York. Iberibe ahụ na-ekpuchi ụlọ ahụ na-atụgharị facade iko nke Ụlọ Akwụkwọ University ka ọ bụrụ ọkà okwu.  Ndị na-ese ihe na-eji ihe ndekọ ubi ha si na Harlem jikọtara ya na egwu mbụ na ihe ngosi nke ọrụ ha nke James Baldwin 's short story "Sony's Blues." 

#### ''Mkpọ oku'' (maka Octavia Butler) (2016)
*Ring Shout* bụ ọrụ ọwa anọ emere maka okirikiri gallery. Ọ na-eji ederede sitere na akụkọ a na-ebipụtabeghị nke onye ode akwụkwọ akụkọ sayensị Octavia Butler jikọtara ya na ndekọ ikuku ikuku nke ndị Obadikes mere iji mepụta ụda okirikiri nke na-echetara egwu egwu ndị Africa na America, mgbanaka na-eti mkpu . 

### Americana suites
Na *Big House/Nkpughere* (2007) Mendi + Keith mepụtara ntinye ụda ọwa 8 na Ụlọ Nzukọ Kresge nke Mahadum Northwwest . Ọ gosipụtara egwu ụlọ mbụ jikọtara ya na ajụjụ ọnụ ọnụ nke ụmụ amaala 100 Chicago nọ gbasara akụkọ ezinụlọ, ụkpụrụ ụlọ, ịgba ohu na egwu ụlọ . Egwú dị na nrụnye na-ebugharị site na ọnụ ahịa ngwaahịa nke oge a na-agbanwe agbanwe nke ụlọ ọrụ America nke oge a nwere njikọ akụkọ ihe mere eme na ahia ohu transatlantic, nke a chọpụtara n'okpuru iwu nke obodo ahụ chọrọ. 

Na *American Cypher,* Obadikes na-eji obere mgbịrịgba nke Sally Hemings dị ka ụda ụda. Ha dekọrọ mgbịrịgba Hemings wee jiri ya mepụta ụda imikpu na ntinye vidiyo. Ihe ngosi ahụ gụnyere usoro mbipụta akwụkwọ ozi na akwụkwọ uri na ihe ngosi ndụ. 

*Free/Oge* (2014–15) nwere ihe atọ. Akụkụ 1: *Beacon* bụ ntinye ụda nke sitere n'elu ụlọ nke Chicago Cultural Center na Stony Island Arts Bank . Mpempe ahụ ji nnukwu ọkà okwu parabolic rụpụta ụda dị warara dị ka ìhè n'okporo ámá Chicago. Ọ na-akpọ nkebi ahịrịokwu nke abụ nnwere onwe ụtụtụ, ehihie na mgbede dị ka mgbịrịgba ụka ma ọ bụ oku ekpere . Akụkụ 2: *Mmeri* bụ ọrụ ụda vidiyo na ọwa anọ. Mpempe akwụkwọ a na-eji ụda sitere na Edmund Pettus Bridge (saịtị nke 1965's Bloody Sunday) na Selma, Alabama iji mepụta ụdị egwu egwu obodo anyị ga-emeri . Nkebi nke 3: Na *mkparịta ụka na DJs* Mendi + Keith kpọrọ ọha na eze ka ha na ndị Chicago DJs a ma ama ma nwee mkparịta ụka na-eduzi na nnọkọ ige ntị nkeonwe site na iji ndepụta ọkpụkpọ nke nnwere onwe.  

*Utopias: Ịchọ obodo* (2018-2019) sitere n'ike mmụọ nsọ site na obodo ndị America na America efu emebere site na mmalite 1800s ruo na njedebe 1960 na America. Mendi + Keith nyochara wee gaa na ole na ole n'ime obodo ndị a nwere akụkọ ihe mere eme n'ofe US na-eme ndekọ ọdịyo na vidiyo. Ihe a ghọrọ ihe ndabere maka nrụnye n'ụlọ dị n'etiti narị afọ nke 19 na Weeksville Heritage Center na Crown Heights, Brooklyn . Nrụnye ahụ gosipụtara ntụgharị Mendi + Keith nke African-American ime mmụọ "Ana m achọ obodo" na-egwu site na mgbidi, ala na elu ụlọ megide usoro nke Mendi + Keith ji aka sere maapụ obodo ndị America na America. vidiyo na-akọwa obodo ndị ahụ.   

## Akwụkwọ

* Mendi Lewis Obadike, *Armor and Flesh* Detroit: Lotus Press, 2004 
* *Sound Unbound: Sampling Digital Music and Culture,* Paul Dennis Miller also known as DJ Spooky, ed. , Boston: MIT Press, 2008, 
* *re: akpụkpọ,* Mary Flanagan na Austin Booth, ed. , Boston: MIT Press, 2009,  
* Mendi + Keith Obadike, *Big House/Nkpughere,* Berkeley, CA: 1913 Press, 2014  
* Mendi + Keith Obadike, *Mụọ ọkụ eletrik anọ,* Berkeley, CA: 1913 Press, 2014 
* "Mkparịta ụka na Utopias: Holger Schulze na Mkparịta ụka ya na Mendi + Keith Obadike" na *Bloomsbury Handbook of Sound Art,* Sanne Krogh Groth na Holger Schulze, eds. , Bloomsbury, 2020 

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