Resource List
The process of completing the suite, for the most part, revolved around individual conversations between myself and my collaborators and the subsequent processes that took place. Inspired by a desire to include our audience in the process and development of the suite between workshops and performances as well by ideas of conceptual artists Sol Lewitt and Adrian Piper, M’Balia Singley and I developed a Resource List. This list documents various influences and materials used during the creation of the suite. The list is also available as a PDF.
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Gentrification:
What we don’t understand about gentrification | Stacey Sutton | TEDxNewYork
Redlining, Race, and Lending:
From Reveal. Racial disparities in lending. Philadelphia is prominently featured in this program.
From Reveal. 8 lenders that aren’t serving people of color for home loans.
African-American Horse Riding Traditions in Philadelphia:
Mohamed Bourouissa’s Urban Riders at The Barnes Foundation
This American Life: Horses in North Philly.The opening segment of season 2’s first episode.
Fletcher Street Urban Riding Club. Ellis Ferrell. Strawberry Mansion.
Fletcher Street U Riding Club. Ellis Ferrell. Union Mag. Strawberry Mansion.
Help Save Fletcher Street Urban Riding Club
North Philly stable owner hopes to inspire neighborhood kids. Rashiem Coleman.
WHYY NewsWorks. North Philly.
The Concrete Cowboys of Philadelphia. by Great Big Story.
Malik Divers. Shahir Drayton. South West Philly.
Jazz, Activism, and Philadelphia:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/09/arts/music/october-revolution-jazz-contemporary-music.html
Conceptual Art:
Artists of interest: Adrian Piper, Sol Lewitt
Adrian Piper: Deconstructing Race in the Indexical Present
Paragraphs on Conceptual Art By Sol Lewitt 1967
A description of conceptual art from Tate
Compositional Techniques and Processes:
Stablemates, a popular jazz standard written by Benny Golson, born in Philadelphia. Three sections of Dear Philadelphia come in part from the manipulation of the melody pitches from Stablemates.
Tone Rows from Where the Stables Were – A composition that came in part from the pitches of Stablemates:
Composers of interest:
Charles Wuorinen https://www.charleswuorinen.com/
Morton Feldman https://www.google.com/search?q=morton+feldman
Charles Wuorinen’s Simple Composition. An amazing book on 12-tone technique.
https://www.amazon.com/Simple-Composition-Charles-Wuorinen/dp/0938856065
Excerpts shedding light on 12-tone processes.
From collaboration with M’Balia Singley on untilled escalator piece:
mode of transportation quickly illustrates class divide, inequality in Philadelphia. Words from the piece…
From collaboration with Ursula Rucker on our newest untitled piece concerning gentrification.
A recording I sent to Ursula introducing the idea for this piece.
Bibliography for Philos & Adelphos/ The Ride/ Redo from M’Balia Singley:
Beck, Tom. “Nutter is on a Sister Cities Tour.” Phillymag.com Web. 17 July 2015
Bennett Jr., Lerone. Before the Mayflower- A History of the Negro in America 1619-1964 Revised Edition. Baltimore. Penguin Books. 1970: Print
Danticat, Edwidge. Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work.” Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2010: Print
Glantz, Aaron and Martinez, Emmanuel. “Why White Homeowners in Philadelphia Can Get Federal Mortgages Meant for Black Neighborhoods.” The Philadelphia Inquirer 14 February 2018: Print
Mezzacappa, Dale. “Octavius Catto Statue Unveiled at City Hall.” The Notebook Web. 26 September 2017
Saffron, Inga. “Why the N. Philly Grandmothers Who Shut Down Temple’s Football Stadium Meeting Are So Angry.” 8 March 2018: Print
Saunder, George. Lincoln in the Bardo. New York: Random House, 2017: Print
Ubinas, Helen. “Look At The Faces of Our Dead.” The Philadelphia Inquirer. 22 November 2017: Print
Nelson-Haynes, Lisa. https://www.redlineprojectphilly.com/