This is our last episode, but it’s not the end of the story. We go back a few years to when the Nelson-Atkins started to make some moves to celebrate Juneteenth, and why the museum needed to take a breath and listen. We stumble across a performance of the Kansas City 2Step in the museum’s lobby, with Black joy filling the air. And we dream about what could be next.
Featuring Sonié Ruffin, Alvin Brooks, Makeda Paterson, Kreshaun McKinney, and De Barker.
Learn more about our guests, see the art in this episode, and read a transcript of this episode here.
01/28/22 • 26 min
A Frame of Mind - The Labyrinth
Transcript
(Guitar music plays. It has a slow, meandering rhythm.)
Glenn North: There’s a big glass triangle on the grounds of the Nelson-Atkins. It’s a sculpture by the artist Robert Morris. When you walk inside of it, you discover it’s a maze, like a carnival funhouse. Except all the walls are made of see-through glass.
Glenn North (echoing in the labyrinth) : And I think I was just about to walk into a wall, but I caught it.
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