BIOS
James Nasty is a Baltimore-based DJ and club producer.
TT the Artist is a Baltimore-based singer, rapper, and producer.
Julia Kim Smith is a Baltimore-based multidisciplinary artist whose work takes on issues of racism, sexism, misrepresentation, and underrepresentation—by any means necessary.
PRODUCTION NOTE
“Baltimore is the world. The world is Baltimore.”
Your Face In Mine, Jess Row
In the wake of the Freddie Gray uprising, I was traveling around Baltimore, lost and looking for a Wi-Fi connection, and was fascinated by the Wi-Fi network names that came up on my phone. I started taking screenshots which I edited into a short film. Thanks to a Rubys Artist Grant, I was able to remaster the film for projection on the big screen and combine forces with James Nasty and TT the Artist to produce an original soundtrack for the film, “Are U Connected?”—both a question and a challenge.
— Julia Kim Smith
