Moving on the Wires: Ladies First

If you are in New York and happen to be free tomorrow, the Brecht forum is presenting an art exhibition called “Ladies First: Our Expansion in Consciousness.” The exhibition will be curated by the Groundfloor Collective (Sophia Dawson, Lehna Huie, Casey Johanna, Alexandria Lust). It is a celebration of black female expression with a spiritual […]

Otherworldly Videos: Adorn

Singer Miguel released a new song, called “Adorn” from his upcoming album Art Dealer Chic: Vol. 1. A beautiful song and video! I love how the video incorporates the painting. Already some are accusing Miguel of being gay because of the video. Seriously! First, stop implying that homosexuality is wrong and implying that there are […]

Art of This World

Here is a list of various futuristic artists: 1) Ibrahim Baaith is a Philadelphian model (Model City) and artist, who has featured his work in Brooklyn Art and Afropunk festivals. Baaith uses political themes in his artwork. “PrisonPlanet” 2) Adisa Abeba, who is also known as Olga Lolo, is a Russian visual artist and musician […]

Otherwordly Videos: The Art of the Dogon

The above BBC documentary, called Hidden Treasures: African Art, follows the impact of modern culture on the traditional religious Dogon art as well as the transformation of West African traditional art and modern influences in contemporary Malian and Ghanaian art. Watch the whole documentary; at the end you will see a some cool Ghanaian fantasy […]

Otherworldly Videos: Soul Man

Guillaume Ivernel and Blacklight Movies are producing a film project called, Soul Man, which includes a sci-fi hero with an awesome afro. Shadow and Act did an article on the upcoming film, which the company plans to release in 2014.

Modern Griots: Afronauts and Afro-Aliens

We are embedded in space, even if we do not travel to outer space, and social politics have revolved around the the struggle to define time and space. Several artists have appropriated the terms, astronaut and aliens, and used them in their artwork within an afrofuturist context: 1) The above video is an excerpt from […]

Otherwordly Videos: The Power of Pure Funk

“One man’s quest for freedom in a world where music has been outlawed.” If you love music and study music history like I do, you know how powerful music can be. But would music be able to subvert a future fascist state? Anything’s possible (and it has been done before). From director Marc Adamson, the […]

Moving on the Wires: Mark Anthony Neal’s Left of Black

Professor of African & African-American Studies at Duke University and blog owner of New Black Man, Mark Anthony Neal began producing the weekly webcast Left of Black last year. Neal calls the series, “a contrarian view of blackness,” and it is due to his wide range of guests on the show who discuss a variety of […]

Otherworldly Videos: The Exquisite Corpse

Based on the surrealist parlor game, The Exquisite Corpse, this film series, called Little Minx Exquisite Corpse, consists of the films that were produced based on the last line of text of the previous director’s script and the Minx signifier only. The 2007 film series was created by Little Minx & Idealogue. Above is the […]

What is Afrofuturism? Part 3

Here are two posts expanding more on the term afrofuturism: “Afrofuturism: A Beautiful History, A Brave New World” by Nicole D. Sconiers “We have a beautiful history, and we shall create another in the future that will astonish the world.” — Marcus Garvey AfroFuturism is a culture that has emerged to render a portrait of […]