Materializing, Story 2 - Brains and Bronze: How Octavius Catto Came Back to Life

Octavius Catto, a 19th century activist, stands in bronze as the first statue of a black man on Philadelphia public property. And he’s coming back to life in other ways--on a giant mural, and in the art and social justice scenes of the city. What would this statue of an activist from history say to the activists surrounding it now...why is he back, and what’s he trying to tell us?

 

Featuring: Keir Johnston, Shakirah, Eddy, Kim McCleary
Producer: Melina Walling

Music: sonder, johnny_ripper, epilogue; Curious Case, Blue Dot Sessions, The Cabinetmaker; You Can Calmly Put This Thing Together (Piece by Piece), junior85, Upside Down, Left to Right; Flight, Nctrnm, EQUINOX