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title: "History between sound and body"
date: 2022-04-26
last_modified: 2024-11-16T13:56:01+01:00
generated_at: 2026-04-17T10:02:38Z
url: "https://www.schirn.de/en/schirnmag/history-between-sound-and-body-context-en/"
description: "In his video work \"The Day I Stopped Kissing My Father,\" artist James Gregory Atkinson makes a black cock walk through the Adam Strohm Hall of the Detroit Public Library. He explains why in a conversation with author Mearg Negusse and artist and musician Ahya Simone."
image: "https://www.schirn.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Schirn_Presse_DF_Dez_James_Gregory_Atkinson_The_day_I_stopped_kissing_my_father_Still_2-1920x1084.jpg"
language: "en-US"
---

# History between sound and body