CAPTURED: Paul D. Miller

Paul D. Miller aka DJ Spooky photographed January 19, 2013 in New York City. BlackArtistNews photo. All rights reserved.

On a cold afternoon near the corner of 10th Avenue and 23rd Street in New York City, BlackArtistNews spotted cool cat Paul D. Miller, a.k.a., DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid. He kindly paused to shake my hand but our conversation was brisk, for reasons of time, not weather: I caught him as he was headed to an artist talk as part of his current residency The Met Reframed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Miller was recently announced Executive Editor of Origin Magazine and also contributed music and narration for the new App for the Smithsonian Museum’s travelling retrospective Romare Bearden: A Black Odyssey.

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COVER: DJ Spooky / Artvoices / October - November 2012

DJ Spooky: All of the Above

Text by Shane McAdams

Photograph by Lyle Ashton Harris

Excerpt:

Spooky is the rare artist that toggles between nerdy, technical indulgence, and sentient inventorying of the human condition. I’ve heard Spooky comment on several occasions, in regard to this eclecticism and reach, that it’s “all just one big record.” Which is funny, because it’s an omnivorous approach to art-making that sends me back to the Renaissance and Leonard’s flying machines, as much as it anticipates the next century, where the digital technology Spooky embraces will reign. So, one wonders: is Spooky a throwback, a contemporary, or an oracle?

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