Via Phenderson Djèlí Clark (a fellow Caribbean afrofuturist) Speculative Art- S. Ross Browne: Self Evident Truths Posted on April 23, 2013 “Our personal history is often rooted in the identity of our families and what the writers of history, often the usurpers, choose to depict as historical fact. I try to reveal the distinct possibilities of […]
Read More Art of This World: S. Ross BrowneI found this post via the Canadian afrofuturist website Outterregion: (Note: I edited some of it) Justice, truth be ours forever Jamaica land we love – Excerpt from Jamaican National Anthem The media has been showing only stories of violence from Jamaica for some time now due to unrest in West Kingston. It was very […]
Read More Art of This World: Ebony G. Patterson, and The Grand Rue Sculptors*Today is my the anniversary of the day I started this blog, which was two years ago, and I am going to take a small break (maybe a week or two) to celebrate. Running this blog by myself can be tiring sometimes and so I should do this so i don’t tire myself out. I […]
Read More Moving on the Wires: 2 Years+Break, RebelMatic, Deluge Trailer, Meridian, Tawiah, Tar Baby JaneAs Ebony celebrated Katherine Dunham, Nick Cave was featuring dozens of Alvin Ailey dancers wearing 30 colorful horse “soundsuits” in his public performance piece at Grand Central station, HEARD•NY. Presented by Creative Time and MTA Arts, the 30 minute performances included a grazing pastoral music and dance sequence followed by a rhythmic choreographed dance, “crossings” […]
Read More Modern Griots Reviews: Nick Cave’s Magical Horses in Heard.NY* Artistic Freedom Ltd. is producing Roxie15, a short film about a “virtual reality programmer working on the project she hopes will change her life. Things are good, until the software she has created is infected with a virus. Things go from bad to worse when the virus comes after her.” The film takes place […]
Read More Moving on the Wires: Roxe15, Afronauts, Donations, Brooklyn Museum, Oya Film, Logo…Misha B– “Here’s To Everything (Ooh La La)” Wangechi Mutu + Santigold – “The End of Eating Everything” Preview (Interview here) co-released by the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University and MOCAtv on YouTube. The 8-minute video (co-released by the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University and MOCAtv on YouTube) stars Santigold as […]
Read More Otherworldly Videos: Misha B/Mutu & Santigold/JawwaadLast weekend, I managed to attend the the Fore exhibition at the Studio Museum of Harlem before it closed. I haven’t gone to the museum in a while, so this was a treat. Fore was the fourth part of a series at the museum (Freestyle, Frequency, Flow), but I like the explanation for the name […]
Read More Cosmic Ghost At the Museum: Fore Exhibition*Tonight illustrator and animator Tim Fielder will be sharing his work Matty’s Rocket— an episodic-animated series & web comic. The event will have guest appearances and readings from writers Liza Jessie Peterson and Melanie Maria Goodreaux. They will read Afrofuturistic pieces aloud while Fielder will illustrate their work on the spot! *Accra Dot Alt will […]
Read More Moving on the Wires: Tim Fielder, Oya: Rise of the Orisha, Live Unchained…Darius James and Oliver Hardt’s film The United States of Hoodoo has a deceptive quietness with a hidden power underneath it. But then again, it is just another variation of the film’s themes of the trickster and the crossroads. Returning home to Connecticut, the film follows James’ coping with his father’s recent death and his […]
Read More Modern Griots Review: The United States of Hoodoo*The Liberator Magazine released their latest issue, “The Last Generation of Black People.” My essay, “The Percussive Approach,” is one of the writings featured. Buy a copy here. *Accra dot Alt announced El Anatsui’s exhibition “Gravity and Grace: Monumental Works by El Anatsui” will be at Brooklyn Museum Also, go to Accra dot Alt for […]
Read More Moving on the Wires: The Liberator Magazine, El Anatsui, Anti-Robot Radio, Mother Tongue Monologues
Sherese Francis 