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857: Museum of Now

2025/3/30
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我从华盛顿特区街头移除的"黑人的命也是命"涂鸦中带回一块混凝土碎片。这象征着美国社会中一个时代的结束,以及我们正处于一个充满不确定性的新时刻。虽然在涂鸦刚出现时,我个人觉得它有些表演性,但如今看到政府不遗余力地将其清除,我意识到这事件的意义已经超越了最初的含义。这反映出美国政府的真实面目,它表面上宣扬平等和种族和谐,实际上却随心所欲地行事。这块混凝土碎片将成为我个人博物馆的一部分,记录下这个时代的变迁。

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Artifacts and exhibits of this particular moment we are living through.

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  • Exhibit One: Ira talks to producer Emmanuel Dzotsi, who brings the first exhibit into the studio with him: a chunk of concrete with some yellow paint on it. He got it from the demolition site in Washington, DC, where the giant Black Lives Matter letters are being dug out of the street with heavy equipment. (8 minutes)
  • Exhibit Two: Producer Aviva DeKornfeld talks to Ranjani Srinivasan, who tells the story of how her life was transformed over five days via a series of events that started out confusing and escalated to frightening. (25 minutes)
  • Exhibit Three: Producer Laura Starecheski takes us inside one dramatic court hearing on the Trump administration’s executive order and new policy banning transgender people from serving in the military. (20 minutes)

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