We Outchea: Hip-Hop Fabrications and Public Space, Cross Section: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A print by Sekou Cooke of a cross section rendering from “We Outchea: Hip-Hop Fabrications and Public Space.” The print is a black-and-white city landscape with a gray sky and several gray and white buildings. In the background on the right side is the tallest building. In front of or by the buildings in the foreground are orange components, some with black-and-white photographs on the surface. People are scattered throughout the landscape. In the top left, white text reads [“BLACK WOMEN, MEN, AND CHILDREN HAVE BEEN, FORCEFULLY AND NOT, IMPLICATED IN THE UNEVEN DEVELOPMENT OF SPACE BECAUSE OVERARCHING TRADITIONAL GEOGRAPHIC PROJECTS REQUIRE THAT THEY BE PLACED AND DISPLACED.”] a quote from Katherine McKittrick’s “Demonic Grounds: Black Women and the Cartographies of Struggle." At the center and to the right, white text reads [LOOK, THEY GON’ TEAR THIS BUILDING DOWN / AND THEY GON’ BUILD SOME NEW SHIT. / BUT PEOPLE? / THEY DON’T GIVE A FUCK ABOUT PEOPLE.”].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2020
• Created by: Sekou Cooke, Jamaican American
• Type: prints
• Medium: print: ink on paper
• Medium: frame: wood (maple and American tulipwood), glass, metal
• Dimensions: H x W x D (framed): 24 3/4 × 72 7/8 × 1 1/2 in. (62.9 × 185.1 × 3.8 cm)
• Place depicted: Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Architecture
• Topic: Art
• Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
• Topic: Housing
• Topic: Urban planning
• Object number: 2023.92.3
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © Sekou Cooke Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.