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src="https://aadn.gsd.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Headshot-904x904.jpeg" alt="serpentwithfeet standing" class="b-phsingle-image"/></div></div> </div> </header><section class="b-t" style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"> <div class="b-t-container"> <div class="b-t-container-inner"> <div class="b-t-layout"> <aside class="b-t-aside" style="padding: 0;"></aside> <div class="b-t-body"> <h2>Overview</h2> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Music remains one of the most intact genealogical records of Blackness. Across the diaspora, music has been a critical asset in maintaining culture, preserving experiences and communicating a sonic epistemology derived from the material condition of being Black. The celebratory, reflective, impassioned, and downtrodden moods throughout the canon of Black music articulate a unique spectrum of the ways that Black people have made sense of themselves. At the intersections of Black identity, and queerness, music has been an innovative methodology of affirming existence and being playful with perceptions of standardness, normativity, deviance, and mischief. The composition and production of Black music genres– from house, to electronic, to pop, to rock, etc– reflect a typology of sonic design. Including music into the canon of design, approaching producers as sonic architects, and singers as vocal designers, we can begin to consider sound in space, buildings, parks, and other built environment sites as a critical consideration for the excellence of its design. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Serpent composes music that is distinct and embodies visuality. Each song is an effective vision of place, mood, and feeling. He is also a spatialist. His music often references a range of sites from the bedroom, to the city of Baltimore in which his feeling within those spaces is transmuted into an original song. Building a space of communion and fellowship, ‘Serpents Parlor,’ an affinity group for Black men, is the artist’s newest manifestation of translating his need for safe spaces for Black men into a place of shared reflection and care. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">serpentwithfeet is simply letting the pendulum swing nowadays. The Baltimore, Maryland-born singer-songwriter, is taking the natural steps as a versatile talent from chapter to chapter in his career. serpent’s third album </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">GRIP </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">is the result of these latest steps. </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">GRIP</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> finds its home on the dance floor of the club and the intimate moments that happen there and afterward, no matter the location.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Serpent’s third album</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">explores the intimate forms of physical touch and how they occur. Whether it be a grip around the waist or the face, serpentwithfeet managed to explore all angles thanks to the second lens he looked through. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Serpent set his attention on the world that he called home in the important adult years of his life, and with this, we see a study of community on </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">GRIP</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. This community had a huge impact on the LA-based singer, and through ten songs, he gives it its flowers with a body of work that highlights the moments that are most close to the heart. Throughout his eight-year career, serpent has exhibited this versatility through experimental R&B music</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Three years removed from his second album </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">DEACON</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, serpentwithfeet continues to push the limits of his artistry with his third album </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">GRIP</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">This episode is dedicated to taking an expansive approach to design, one that is focused on and based on the multimedia, and multidisciplinary techniques approached by Black artists, and music organizers to create safe sonic and physical spaces for Black communities, and specifically, Black Queer communities to flourish. How can we learn from the authenticity of your work and approaches?</span></i></p> <div class="powerpress_player" id="powerpress_player_6098"> <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-1183-1" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="https://media.blubrry.com/the_nexus_podcast/content.blubrry.com/the_nexus_podcast/Serpentwithfeet.mp3?_=1" /><a href="https://media.blubrry.com/the_nexus_podcast/content.blubrry.com/the_nexus_podcast/Serpentwithfeet.mp3">https://media.blubrry.com/the_nexus_podcast/content.blubrry.com/the_nexus_podcast/Serpentwithfeet.mp3</a></audio></div><p class="powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3" style="margin-bottom: 1px !important;">Podcast: <a href="https://media.blubrry.com/the_nexus_podcast/content.blubrry.com/the_nexus_podcast/Serpentwithfeet.mp3" class="powerpress_link_pinw" target="_blank" title="Play in new window" onclick="return powerpress_pinw('https://aadn.gsd.harvard.edu/?powerpress_pinw=1183-podcast');" rel="nofollow">Play in new window</a> | <a href="https://media.blubrry.com/the_nexus_podcast/content.blubrry.com/the_nexus_podcast/Serpentwithfeet.mp3" class="powerpress_link_d" title="Download" rel="nofollow" download="Serpentwithfeet.mp3">Download</a></p><p class="powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links">Subscribe: <a href="https://subscribeonandroid.com/aadn.gsd.harvard.edu/feed/podcast/" class="powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_android" target="_blank" title="Subscribe on Android" rel="nofollow">Android</a> | <a href="https://aadn.gsd.harvard.edu/feed/podcast/" class="powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss" target="_blank" title="Subscribe via RSS" rel="nofollow">RSS</a></p> <p><a href="https://aadn.gsd.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/SerpentwithfeetTranscript.pdf">Full Transcript</a></p> <h2>About serpentwithfeet<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1184" src="https://aadn.gsd.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Headshot.jpeg" alt="" width="1024" height="1024" srcset="https://aadn.gsd.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Headshot.jpeg 1024w, https://aadn.gsd.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Headshot-150x150.jpeg 150w, https://aadn.gsd.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Headshot-517x517.jpeg 517w, https://aadn.gsd.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Headshot-904x904.jpeg 904w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></h2> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">serpentwithfeet is simply letting the pendulum swing nowadays. The Baltimore, Maryland-born singer-songwriter, is taking the natural steps as a versatile talent from chapter to chapter in his career. serpent’s third album </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">GRIP </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">is the result of these latest steps. </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">GRIP</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> finds its home on the dance floor of the club and the intimate moments that happen there and afterward, no matter the location.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Serpent’s third album</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">explores the intimate forms of physical touch and how they occur. Whether it be a grip around the waist or the face, serpentwithfeet managed to explore all angles thanks to the second lens he looked through. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Serpent set his attention on the world that he called home in the important adult years of his life, and with this, we see a study of community on </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">GRIP</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. This community had a huge impact on the LA-based singer, and through ten songs, he gives it its flowers with a body of work that highlights the moments that are most close to the heart. Throughout his eight-year career, serpent has exhibited this versatility through experimental R&B music. Three years removed from his second album </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">DEACON</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, serpentwithfeet continues to push the limits of his artistry with his third album </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">GRIP</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <h2>How to Listen</h2> <p>You can listen to all available episodes and find program notes here on our website, or subscribe to the series via one of these providers: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-nexus/id1523060731" target="_blank" rel="noopener">iTunes</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/2hUEiwAQ95bDEELYfTtWmV" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Spotify</a>, <a href="https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-the-nexus-68313501/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">iHeartRadio. </a></p> <h2>About the Show</h2> <p>Developed by the African American Design Nexus at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design, <em>The Nexus</em> is a podcast that explores the intersection of design, identity, and practice through conversations with Black designers, writers, and educators. <i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Nexus</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is produced in conjunction with a commitment by the <a href="https://staging.gsd.harvard.edu/frances-loeb-library/general-collections/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Frances Loeb Library</a> to acquire and create an <a href="https://guides.library.harvard.edu/raceanddesign" target="_blank" rel="noopener">open-access bibliography</a> of various media suggested by the GSD community on the intersection between race and design.</span></p> <h2>Show Credits</h2> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><em>The Nexus</em> Season 4 is hosted by Tyler White, a dual candidate in the Masters of Urban Planning and Master of Design Studies, Narratives program at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. 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