We Outchea: Hip-Hop Fabrications and Public Space, Rendered Perspective 1: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A print by Sekou Cooke as part of “Rendered perspectives” from “We Outchea: Hip-Hop Fabrications and Public Space.” The print is black and white city cross street view. The sky is gray and there are several white buildings. The more foreground building has a house-shaped carving in the front, where an orange component has a black and white photograph of a family over it. In the left background are more orange components also with black and white photographs. There are various scenes of people at the foreground. In the top left corner, white text reads [“THIS REDEVELOPMENT IS INSPIRED BY OTHER HOLISTIC / REVITALIZATION EFFORTS CHAMPIONED BY PURPOSE BUILT / COMMUNITIES WHOSE NETWORK MEMBERS ARE LEADING 22 SUCH / EVITALIZATION PROJECTS AROUND THE COUNTRY. ATLANTA’S EAST / LAKE COMMUNITY IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF THE SUCCESS OF THIS / HOLISTIC, PLACE-BASED STRATEGY IN TURNING AROUND STRUGGLING / NEIGHBORHOODS AND IMPROVING SELF-SUFFICIENCY OUTCOMES.”].

“Rendered perspectives” is comprised of two different renderings, with this print placed on the left.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2020
• Created by: Sekou Cooke, Jamaican American
• Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men
• Subject of: Unidentified Woman or Women
• 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 × 36 13/16 × 1 1/2 in. (62.9 × 93.5 × 3.8 cm)
• Place depicted: Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: East Lake, Atlanta, DeKalb County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Architecture
• Topic: Art
• Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
• Topic: Housing
• Topic: Urban planning
• Object number: 2023.92.2.1
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Sources and reuse

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.