TSU Art Department
Call & Response and Other Black Technologies by Rick Griffith
“But you have to want it—and you have to recognize just how much Black creators were putting into the atmosphere at those times. You can’t deny it or unlearn it once you get it. You’ll probably find yourself surrounded by the evidence of Black brilliance (reality), and as you begin to peel back your Bauhaus Blinders™ and focus in a new way, you could stay open to find just one thing you didn’t expect—a Black design aesthetic, a Black design approach, Black Grid™ or just a type of visual jazz which is undeniably familiar and resilient, just like the people who made it.”
Call & Response and Other Black Technologies by Rick Griffith
“But you have to want it—and you have to recognize just how much Black creators were putting into the atmosphere at those times. You can’t deny it or unlearn it once you get it. You’ll probably find yourself surrounded by the evidence of Black brilliance (reality), and as you begin to peel back your Bauhaus Blinders™ and focus in a new way, you could stay open to find just one thing you didn’t expect—a Black design aesthetic, a Black design approach, Black Grid™ or just a type of visual jazz which is undeniably familiar and resilient, just like the people who made it.”