THE GREAT WHITE WAY, 22 MILES, 9 YEARS, 1 STREET

United States 2001 – Director: William Pope L. – Original language: English

To be on the ground, to be horizontal in a „vertical society“, to crawl in the filth of the street: it is with this simple, yet imposing gesture that William Pope L.'s Crawl performances operate as a symbolic analogy to the conditions of class difference. Departing from the standpoint that racism is not an outcome of race, but race one of racism, the work of Pope L., who also calls himself „the friendliest black artist of America“, hauls ideological constructions of 'whiteness' and 'blackness' into the larger arena of social class and its signifiers.

Production: N/A. Producer: N/A. Length: 5 min.

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DOK.special 2016
  • Thursday
    05/12/16
    14:00
    Georg-Knorr-Saal, Lenbachhaus
    English original version, free entrance
  • Friday
    05/13/16
    14:00
    Georg-Knorr-Saal, Lenbachhaus
    English original version, free entrance
  • Saturday
    05/14/16
    14:00
    Georg-Knorr-Saal, Lenbachhaus
    English original version. Free entrance
  • Sunday
    05/15/16
    14:00
    Georg-Knorr-Saal, Lenbachhaus
    English original version. Free entrance