speaking values by BongoWattZ

What is the use value of the commodity that speaks?
..further considerations on Fred Moten's book "In The Break" which delves deeper into Marx's discourse on the concept of Use Value.

Use value or value in use is a concept in classical political economy and Marxist economics. It refers to the tangible features of a commodity (a tradeable object) which can satisfy some human requirement, want or need, or which serves a useful purpose.

Human-cargo have been foundational Objects used, bought, sold and traded in the Americas to satisfy capitalisms need/wants. There is a problem though in Marx's analysis of use-value. As Moten unpacks in his book 'In The Break', Marx refused to acknowledge and address the commodity that is capable of speaking, and the commodity that is capable of autonomous thought (i.e human-cargo).

"The engagement moves initially through and against Karl Marx, by way of Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach. I want to show the interapiculation of the resistance of the object with Marx's subjunctive figure of the commodity who speaks.
According to Marx, the speaking commodity is an impossibility invoked only to militate against mystifying notions of the commodity's essential value.."
-Fred Moten
('In The Break')


'speaking values' explores spheres in between speech, thought, and bodies used as commodities who resist and continues to resist through the articulated voice in art, music, dance, everyday living and through the machines.

'speaking values' is an acousmatic exploration of composition, using zoom h4, lyra.-8, roland loop station.

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KIMOYO

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BongoWattZ, a experimental sonic performance artist born in Kingston (Jamaica) raised in Miami, FL based in Miami and New York City.
BongoWattZ is a sound dancer for post humanity!

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