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Verzuz: On Carework, Storytelling, and the Black Imaginary
September 18, 2021 at 1:00 pm
Timbaland and Swizz Beatz’s’ Verzuz is a testament of Black storytelling, archiving, and improvisation. Created during the 2020 quarantine, these sonic “battles” spotlight the cultural knowledges on contemporary and “old-school” Black musicality and kinship. From singer Patti Labelle to rapper Jadakiss to dancehall artists Bounty Killer and Beenie Man–Verzuz actualizes the aural, multidisciplinary production that marks a new discourse of Black tradition. How do Black theories reframe or complicate these battles or celebrations? How does Verzuz enrich the oral tradition? How does the context of the COVID-19 quarantine influence Verzuz? For this interactive workshop, come ready to battle, critique, and learn how the impact of Verzuz reverberates into Black globalism discourse.
September 18, 2021 at 1:00 pm
Meet the Moderator
Kimberly Williams is a doctoral student studying Black nonbeing, healing, and sound studies across multimedia. You can catch her recent co-curated work entitled: Shadow to Substance at the Harn Museum of Art.