Damien Davis

Culture

Thursday Notes: Jordan Neely, NBA Playoffs, Nike vs. Bots

Your Uristocrat Notes for Thursday, May 4th. Today's headlines: * NYC Killing of Jordan Neely sparks outrage * Sports Roundup: Celtics thump the 76ers, Joel Embiid returns and scores 15 points * Nike SNKRs app receives nearly 12 billion bot entries a month * Uristocrat Art Feature: Damien Davis Anger Mounts in

Art

Damien Davis (b. 1984, Cowley, LA) is a Brooklyn-based artist who was raised in Phoenix, Arizona. His practice explores historical representations of Blackness by unpacking the visual language of various cultures, questioning how societies code/decode/recode representations of race through craft, design, and digital modes of production. His work