This TED Talk features artist Dred Scott recorded live at TED 2018.

I am a visual artist, and I make revolutionary art to propel history forward.

And I'm going to come right out and tell you something.

I don't accept the economic foundation, the social relations, or the governing ideas of America.

My art contributes to fundamental change by encouraging an audience to address big the social relations, or the governing ideas of America.

My art contributes to fundamental change by encouraging an audience to address big questions

from that perspective.

Social change is hard, but ideas matter tremendously.

When I say I'm on artists, most people think,

oh, he's a painter.

Behind me, you can see some of the kind of work that I do.

Imagine a world without America is a painting, but I he's a painter. Behind me, you can see some of the kind of work that I do.

Imagine a world without America is a painting,

but I work in a range of media,

including photography, video and performance art.

A current project, slave rebellion reenactment,

is going to be reenacted on the outskirts of New Orleans this November.

In 1989, I had an artwork that became the center of controversy over its transgressive use of the American flag.

What is the proper way to display a U.S. flag

is a conceptual work that encouraged audience participation.

It consisted of a photo montage that had texts that read, What is the proper way to display audience participation. It consisted of a photomontage that had texts that read

What is the Proper Way to Display a US Flag?

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