“I got Death Threats” Artist Dread Scott on work US President tried to ban

The Racket, An A/Political Podcast

In the eighth episode of The Racket, Journalist and Author Matt Kennard speaks to artist Dread Scott. They discuss the censorship of radical voices in the art world & the ‘disappearing’ of Ai Weiwei, police brutality & the black experience in the U.S., and the controversy around Scott's most controversial work, 'What is the Proper Way to Display a U.S. Flag?' (1988). The Racket is a series of interviews based on the book The Racket: A Rogue Reporter vs The American Empire by Matt Kennard. The series examines the power of the US empire around the world and its attempts to control nations via war and economic strangulation.

 

December 20, 2024