Black Meme: A History of the Images that Make Us

Black Meme: A History of the Images that Make UsA history of Black imagery that recasts our understanding of visual culture and technology In BLACK MEME, Legacy Russell, award winning author of the groundbreaking GLITCH FEMINISM, explores the meme as mapped to Black visual culture from 1900 to the present, mining both archival and contemporary media. Russell argues that without the contributions of Black people, digital culture would not exist in its current form. These meditations include the

while being accessible and applicable to different disciplines

Graphic design by Christophe Clarijs

Angela Serino sets out in search of what is put in motion by the experience of being “in residence” that is not instantly visible or quantifiable

By Mariken Overdijk

wenn Frauen genug Geld und ein Zimmer für sich alleine zum Schreiben hätten

what kind of a visual artist are you

its unseen frequencies

and anti/caste histories

Curated by Clémentine Deliss and Yvette Mutumba — at that time director and curator of the museum

Writings reproduced in full include:

Die späten 1920er-Jahre sind eine Zeit der «Frauenausstellungen»

which reinforces the sense of ‘unity in layering’ that elevates this modest little book above mass mediocrity