Rashaad Newsome is a world-renowned multidisciplinary artist whose work blends multiple practices—including collage, sculpture, film, music, technology, and performance and crafts compositions that speak of and to Black and Queer culture. His latest filmic work, Black Magic documents a 2019 live performance that explores trans women and their contributions to the vogue fem lexicon and expands and activates it with the use of motion tracking software and visual effects. Clare spoke with Rashaad about the multi-layered journey of the current version of the work, which will screen in our Dancing Queens Program at the San Francisco Dance Film Festival.

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Black Magic will screen as a part of Dancing Queens
Saturday, October 23, 2021 @ 7:30pm
Brava Theater
https://sfdancefilmfest.org/festival-films-2021/shorts-program/dancing-queens/


Build or Destroy, San Jose Museum of Art
https://sjmusart.org/digital-projects/rashaad-newsomes-build-or-destroy

Black Magic
https://rashaadnewsome.com/performance/black-magic/

Five
https://rashaadnewsome.com/performance/five-the-whitney-museum/

BAMPFA talk
https://youtu.be/g6FlqsIiie8

1st Place
http://rashaadnewsome.com/collage/selected-works-2016/

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