Welcome to (Re)!
I am very excited to present a curated “journal of ideas” that is a meeting place of visual art, prose, science, and more.
The idea for this endeavor came about from my love of vintage clothing and found objects and the way in which one ‘re’cycles these objects, et al. to make them their own. This concept then grew from that which we acquire in this vein, to that which we create through our various art forms (and yes, science and math are considered here, to be ‘the application of creative skill and imagination,’ as art is formally defined). All of the material presented incorporates a re-root word, such as relive, reinvent, reuse… into its framework in whatever way the artist chooses. And so, (Re) is a product of this expanded idea.
The journal, available monthly online, features the work of artists/creators/thinkers in various categories and I am honored to present their work within this forum.
Thank you so much for taking the time to explore this new and evolving (re)source.
I hope you enjoy the ride!
— Felice Neals
Writer, reader, photographer, dance devotee, film citizen, language-a-phile…
Is Eric Dolphy Coming or Going?
Poetry
(Re)imagining
Ethelbert Miller
Married a Stranger
Graphic Memoir
(Re)verence
Yolande Brener
Lost Translations
Poetry
(Re)membering
Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond
WELCOME TO THE MULTI-GENRE SCIENCE CORNER
“Science is the poetry of reality.” — Carl Sagan
We (re)vel in this wonderful news!
https://robbreport.com/motors/aviation/nasa-mathematician-katherine-johnson-spacecraft-1234595014/
(Re)member
Artist: Haile Binns
Through my art, I find clues of my ancestry and family history. They come out through the work. I can’t explain it, but I have found a lost family member through one of my paintings. While doing research for my art I became very inspired by maps of Jamaican topography and in particular slave (re)volution. I became extremely interested in this after finding out a family member was a member of the Maroons—and she was a psychic. In my art I am always looking for the things I cannot see, what I feel. With this project my goal was to connect and remember. Remember and see what life was like for my relatives during those times. All the information written by my people has been destroyed so the only mappings I have are drawn; writings are from white scholars. I feel it is important in history to have the perspective of me and my people which is why I create new maps with my art: stories of territories terrain and countries in mind. I am creating my own free world and territory through art on my own terms like the Maroons did. I feel like especially in these times in America, a country where there is always talk of freedom, I am looking to remember the times when we were free. Those times are not written about. I want and need to remember. Also, in my life I want to remember and hold the times I feel free. So I reflect and I remember—even if it is intuitively. My art is my freedom, my space, my territory, and place where others can be free as well. When people view my art, they remember. They feel free.
Renew
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Erect
2018. Housepaint, concrete enamel, found wood, found cardboard on metal. 15×12″
Sol
2018. Housepaint, concrete enamel, found wood, string, found cardboard, found clothing, found garbage bags on wood panel. 48×56″
Haile Binns is a New York-based artist. She creates paintings from recycled objects that she finds in her intermediate environment. Her art process is a philosophy of destruction, creation, and finally resurrection by assemblage. She is interested in topics that explore racial and economic difference, gender, and African diaspora. She is inspired by artists such as Chakaia Booker, Nyugen Smith, and Leonardo Drew.
Haile has collectors all over the United States. She has shown with Rush Arts Philadelphia, Untitled Gallery in NYC, and the Barnes Foundation. She most recently did an art show and artist talk with Arts Mid Hudson. Her art has made an appearances in Complex magazine, Huffington Post and Open Color Magazine.
www.hailebinns.com
Insta:hailehailsstorm
Music Stuff
The Inaugural Playlist
‘Cause it’s never too late to celebrate the day that democracy was (re)stored on these ever-changing American shores, Inauguration Day, January 20, 2021.
“The playlist comes curated from D-Nice and Raedio, the audio everywhere label founded by Issa Rae and Benoni Tagoe, and was crafted in partnership with the Presidential Inauguration Committee. The selection fits perfectly with the Biden/Harris team’s theme, “America United.” — Billboard Magazine
Enjoy!
OTHER STUFF
Here is where I would like to express my deepest gratitude to the (Re) contributors, the friends and family who support this adventure with their encouragement and guidance, Lori and Jim, the web consultants who are holding my hand as I build this site with no previous experience in the web tech arena, and the wonderful readers, who I hope will continue to follow our monthly content. Thank you! Merci! Gracias! Shukriya! Grazie! Obrigado! Xiexie! Amsegenallo! Asante! Shukraan!
COVER photograph by Felice Neals: Snow Day. February, 2021.
ART photographs by Haile Binns.
TEXT photographs by Felice Neals: The art of urban snow. Central Park and downtown, NYC.
THANK YOU, as always, to our Editor H.E. Fisher for her sharp eye and invaluable contribution. I could not have gotten this project off and running without her support and editorial expertise.
What better way to celebrate Black History Month than with great films. One that I cannot recommend highly enough, is the ground-breaking documentary, Eyes on the Prize, 1987.
Produced by Blackside and originally screened on PBS American Experience, Eyes On the Prize chronicles the Civil Rights era – through archival footage and extensive interviews – from its early inception in 1954 through the height of the Black Power movement in 1968.
Available on ShopPBS, Netflix and Itunes.
We (re)vere and (re)member the great actress, Cicely Tyson, whom we lost on January 28th of this year. Her work on stage, screen and television knew no bounds and lucky for us, eight of her acclaimed performances can be viewed on various platforms including Amazon, HBO Max, Mubu, YouTube, Fandango and Hulu.
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