I've seen way too many Black kids dancing on Ellen this year, but it's better than obituaries I guess

“Shown on neighboring iPhones, this two channel video by artist,Cameron Granger, demonstrates how internet algorithms perpetuate racialized narratives. In the form of the Instagram Feed, the video on the left shows the results from searching Google for images of Black boys from ages 1-18. The search engine populated imagery ranging from Emmett Till’s portrait that circulated following his lynching in 1955 to young boys dancing in front of cheering crowds on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and the graduation photo of 18-year-old Michael Brown whose 2014 murder by police officer Darren Wilson mobilized the Black Lives Matter movement. The video on the right loops footage of the artist's friends as teenagers peacefully skipping rocks in their hometown in Ohio. Through repurposing the media channels of daily contemporary life, Granger visualizes the paradox of Black joy used as an entertainment commodity and Blackness depicted as inherently violent.”