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Rice: Seed Journeys in the Americas

onajide — Mon, 20 Nov 2017 05:21:28 +0000

ONAJIDE SHABAKA is a visual artist living in Miami. His recent exhibitions and projects have included: “Antillean Lacunae,” at the Little Haiti Cultural Center, Dec., 2016-Feb., 2017; “Nature/Nurture,” at Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD; a residency in the Iron Range of Boundary Waters, MN; and “Dirt Yuta Suelo Udongo Te,” an exhibition he curated at Florida Atlantic …

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“Dirt Yuta Suelo Udongo Tè”

onajide — Sun, 30 Nov 2014 15:00:52 +0000

by ONAJIDE SHABAKA During my first trip to Minnesota in 1997, a rain soaked drive north almost to the Canadian border to Ely from Minneapolis, I asked my friend driving to stop along the roadside so that I could gather a small cup of reddish mud from a pothole. At the time, I thought for …

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Weekly Digest for January 3rd2:09am

onajide — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 02:09:53 +0000

Published Weekly Digest for December 27th2:05am. Published Photo. Shared Taken with instagram. Shared Taken with instagram. Shared So close to the ocean. Listened to Symphony No. 4 – I. Prelude. Maestoso – Charles Ives. Listened to Section IIIA – Steve Reich. Listened to Democracy – Balanescu Quartet. Listened to Central Park in the Dark – …

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Daily Digest for February 13th

onajide — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 04:08:07 +0000

Published Daily Digest for February 12th. Water Abyss (the cleansing)

Daily Digest for February 12th

onajide — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 04:08:53 +0000

Published Daily Digest for February 11th. Published Gregg Bordowitz, Eclipse. Published Heading Home.

Daily Digest for January 16th

onajide — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 04:05:18 +0000

Published Daily Digest for January 15th.

Nice View

onajide — Sat, 28 Aug 2004 23:29:00 +0000

Okay, I didn’t mention other things I did today. I went parttime job hunting. The application process was very impersonal and made me feel rather stupid. I don’t like doing quizzes like we do here when they really count. I’m always second-guessing the real answers they want based on the way the questions are phrased. …

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Status Quo

onajide — Sun, 29 Aug 2004 03:36:00 +0000

I went today to see one of the gallery owners whose website I maintain. I finally did a workup of a site redesign for the gallery. The site really needs it. The pages are a darker grey. It needs something fresher. Also, it was built with FrontPage. When I took over I removed lots of …

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Reticence

onajide — Thu, 26 Aug 2004 16:40:00 +0000

I am a person that does not like to complain, unless it’s warranted. I don’t get into telling all the tragic events of my life. I am rather self-reflective and, sometimes to the point of not acting or reacting quickly enough to situations. I guess that’s navel-gazing, right? Anyway, I need to be more proactive …

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Beautiful but, deadly…

onajide — Sun, 22 Aug 2004 21:37:00 +0000

Edouard’s studio.