Posted Dec 23, 2017 at 9:07 AM
John Sims is a Sarasota-based visual artist, writer, and producer. In 2001, he launched the Recoloration Proclamation, a multimedia
BY NCAC
During a year of marked ideological divisions, the right to free expression has been challenged by everyone from the alt-right to the far left. Our core values have been attacked by activists across the political spectrum. In this tumultuous year, we commend the allies who refuse to be silenced and
Posted By Lee DeVito on Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 1:35 pm
John Sims is a true Renaissance man, which seems fitting, considering he is an alumni of Detroit’s Renaissance High School. Since then, Sims has gone…
BY JOY GARNETT
Johns Sims was finally able to present his work, “Confederate Flag: A Public Hanging”, after years of forced adaptation and abridgment.
OCT 30, 2017 4:10PM EDT
It?s part of an over-decade-long project.
Oct 22, 2017
Ohio University is presenting visiting artist John Sims, in conjunction with the Kennedy Museum of Art?s exhibition ?Expression and Repression: Contemporary Art Censorship in America,? in a variety of contexts
10.23.17 / 10:32 pm
In conjunction with the Kennedy Museum of Art and Ohio University, John Sims will be performing “Confederate Flag: A Public Hanging.”
By Brooks Robards -August 17, 2017
“The AfroDixieRemixes: A Martha’s Vineyard Listening Session” comes to the Martha’s Vineyard Film Center on Monday, August 21. It is one of a series of musical events created by multimedia artist and producer John Sims. In it, multiple African American music genres take what has become a traditional Southern song in unprecedented directions. The goal ?
May 30, 2017
At Detroit’s N?Namdi Center for Contemporary Art, John Sims conducted a two-hour-long Confederate flag funeral.
POSTED: MAY 29 2017 11:23PM EDT
It was death by fire for the stars and bars.
by MICHAEL ANTHONY FARLEY on MAY 31, 2017
This Memorial Day, John Sims hosted a fiery funeral for the Confederate Flag in Detroit. He aims to make this a cathartic annual tradition.
by Kurt Nagl 31 May 2017
Detroit residents against divisive symbol put fire to Confederate flag to raise awareness of the need to fight racism.
Multimedia artist John Sims, who annually burns and buries the Confederate flag, will do so in Detroit on Monday.
Posted By Mike McGonigal on Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 12:08 pm
Detroit’s John Sims, the force behind that “AfroDixie Remix” project, today revisits his 2015 celebration of the magic of the mathematical constant ?, (which begins with…
John Sims wants to make the Burn and Bury Memorial an annual event. Video provided by Newsy
ARTS & CULTURE July 22, 2016
The Math Artist speaks about his multi-media project involving the Confederate flag.
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By Arian Campo-Flores May 22, 2015 6:05 p.m. ET
Battle stirs over artist?s plan to burn and bury Confederate flags in Southern states on Memorial Day.
By CHRISTINE JORDAN SEXTONMARCH 17, 2007
A museum exhibit titled “The Proper Way to Hang a Confederate Flag” depicts the emblem being lynched from a 13-foot-high wooden gallows.
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