We Outchea: Hip-Hop Fabrications and Public Space, Rendered Perspective 1

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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.”].

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