Tony Cokes

Tony
Cokes

Tony Cokes, born in 1956, is a visual artist. His artwork concerns popular culture and mass entertainment. In the 1990s, he was part of the band X-PRZ. His videos often take the form of essays in which ...

Films
Filmmakers / Tony Cokes

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    Black Celebration
    Documentary
    Experimental

    Black Celebration
    Tony Cokes

    16mm, color, sound, 18 min
    Rental format: 16mm
    • History
    • Political / Social Activism
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    Fade To Black
    Experimental

    Fade To Black
    Tony Cokes

    16mm, color, sound, 30 min
    Rental format: 16mm
    • Philosophical
    • Political / Social Activism
    • Psychology / Mental Health
Biography
Filmmakers / Tony Cokes

Biography

Tony Cokes, born in 1956, is a visual artist. His artwork concerns popular culture and mass entertainment. In the 1990s, he was part of the band X-PRZ. His videos often take the form of essays in which Cokes displays fragments of found texts on brightly-colored backgrounds, set to popular music. He is known to combine quotes from a range of texts from critical theory, cultural studies, art criticism, and news reports. His sources include Louis Althusser, Malcolm X, Public Enemy, and William Burroughs. Cokes now teaches at Brown University and lives and works in Providence, Rhode Island.

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