Andres L. Hernandez: code: KING ALFRED
@ Blanc Gallery
4445 S Martin Luther King Dr, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Saturday, October 11th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, November 15th
Hernandez’ ‘code: KING ALFRED’ presents a conceptual exploration of The King Alfred Plan, written by John A. Williams in his 1967 novel The Man Who Cried I Am. Williams believably details The King Alfred Plan as a secret government proposal to capture, detain, and eliminate Black Americans en masse in the event of nationwide urban rebellion. Upon the novel’s release, and as a result of Williams’ guerrilla marketing activities, the King Alfred Plan became a significant point of community and national debate, and a wake-up call to Black people for the potential of state-sponsored internment and genocide.
Through a creative reimagining of the King Alfred Plan, Hernandez recovers histories of Black activism, urban uprising, and government repression from the 1960s to the present. For code: KING ALFRED, the artist has repurposed the gallery as a speculative, provisional training site to prepare for impending counterinsurgent actions. In the wake of persistent repression of organizing and protest in this country, and motivated by resistance efforts of Black people, Hernandez takes to heart the colloquial expression, “if you stay ready, you don’t have to get ready.”
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