AfroDixie: Journey to the Remix
It is undeniable that music can be a powerful force in tearing down cultural curtains, promoting social justice and empowering the kind of social transformation that we saw inspired by Louis Armstrong to Elvis to Sammy … Read More »
Artist Interview: John Sims
John Sims is a multimedia conceptual artist with an eye for mathematical permutations. It’s an abstract topic, unless those permutations concern, say, the Confederate flag — which he deconstructed, reconstructed and reimagined in his controversial … Read More »
Controversial artist John Sims holds a listening party for his new ‘AfroDixieRemixes’ album at Rollins
You may remember an article we ran in June detailing the local performance of a 13-state art project called “13 Flag Funerals,” in which Sarasota artist John Sims organized a burning and/or burial of the Confederate … Read More »
Artist Turns Confederate Flag into Symbol of Creative Resistance
Artist-activist John Sims has issued a 50-state call for fellow artists to burn or bury the Confederate flag on July 4. He hopes that these ad-hoc exhibits will set fire to or shovel dirt on a … Read More »