RED SUICIDE 001
MULTIMEDIA INSTALLATION
ELLIS WILSON
ALL VOCALS WERE WRITTEN, ARRANGED, MIXED, AND RECORDED BY ELLIS WILSON, CONFORMING TO THE RESTRICTIONS OF DOGMA 19. THIS ART WORK IS INTENDED TO BE LISTENED TO IN ONE SITTING, AS ONE WHOLE, UNINTERRUPTED. THIS IS NOT RAP MUSIC, NOR IS THIS R&B OR SOUL – INSTEAD, LISTENERS WILL ENCOUNTER A SEAMLESS FUSION OF ALL THREE WOVEN INTO A NARRATIVE RECORD. FOR TOO LONG, BLACK AND BROWN VOICES HAVE BEEN TRADITIONALLY MARGINALIZED AND EXCLUDED FROM THE ACADEMIC, SCHOLASTIC, AND INTELLECTUAL EXPLORATION AND DIALOGUE SURROUNDING THE PSYCHEDELIC EXPERIENCE, WHICH IS IRONIC CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT INDIGENOUS PEOPLE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THE PIONEERS OF THIS FIELD. THIS ALL CHANGES WITH THE ADVENT OF THE UNILALIA GROUP, AN INTERDISCIPLINARY, MULTIMEDIA FIRM DEVELOPED TO ADVANCE A NOVEL PROGRAM OF DECOLONIZATION VIA THE APPLICATION OF THE ARTS. HERE, “TO UNILALIA” REPRESENTS A LARGER METAPHOR, SOMETHING THAT BECOMES MORE CLEAR WITH EACH SUCCESSIVE RELEASE.