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Black Revelry Quiet Storm playlists, insert materials for Black Revelry: In Honor of ‘The Sugar Shack’, edited by Carter with contributions from Taylor Renée Aldridge; Samiya Bashir; La Marr Jurelle Bruce; Derrais Carter; DJ Lynnée Denise, William H. Mosley, III, Zoé Samudzi, S*an D. Henry-Smith, Melanie Stevens and Phillip B. Williams. Design by Karoline Świeżyński. Photo: Temra Pavlović, courtesy of If I Can’t Dance, Amsterdam.
A three-part radio show that explores different modes of storytelling, placing poet-scholar Derrais Carter in the role of the late-night DJ. The show takes its inspiration from the inherently nocturnal ‘Quiet Storm’ radio format that originated in the 1970s and featured songs about romance and intimacy from the genres of jazz, soul, and R&B. With the broadcasts, Carter takes up the detail—or “the sample”—as a method for reading the iconic 1976 painting The Sugar Shack by Ernie Barnes, a painting that has circulated widely within Black popular culture (for example, as the cover art for Marvin Gaye’s album I Want You) across over four decades. Each show in the series focuses on a key term: gathering (December 2020), dispersal (January 2021), and frequency (February 2021). Thematically, these key terms sets the stage for Carter’s close readings of Barnes’ painting, which unfold through song selections, commentary, and readings of Black critical theory.
Black Revelry Quiet Storm was broadcasted during the late night hours each month from Amsterdam at Ja Ja Ja Nee Nee Nee, as well as with the Berlin-based independent radio station reboot.fm and with the pioneering Los Angeles-based internet radio platform dublab.
Carter’s radio broadcast series formed part of the commission Black Revelry, which Hoetger led as part of the Edition VIII - Ritual and Display biennial program (2019-2021) for If I Can’t Dance, Amsterdam.
The episodes were realized with production support from Radna Rumping and MJ Mouw of Ja Ja Ja Nee Nee Nee, Amsterdam, and were aired in partnership with Ja Ja Ja Nee Nee Nee; dublab, Los Angeles; and reboot.fm, Berlin. Special thanks to Rachel Day and Diana McCarty for their support of the broadcasts in Los Angeles and Berlin.