Sherese Francis: Futuristically Ancient
The SunKWholic (K)Nub: RK/V-V/KR (Reimagining The Past (+Sense) Manifesting The Future)
*Afropunk “Feature: Visual Artist AiRich Talks About Her Afrofuturistic and Raw Style:” “My name is AiRich. According to the people who surround me, my photography can work safely in the category of “afrofuturism”. This has mainly to do with the style, the spiritual aspects that others link to my work. I see this as a […]
Read More Moving on the Wires: News, Posts, New Music*Today is my Birthday!!!! Officially 24! You can give me a gift through support of my blog by becoming a patron on my Patreon page or sending donations to my PayPal account (email: svfreebird87@gmail.com). Any amount is appreciated. Thank you! *I haven’t been able to post as frequently lately, since I have been working on […]
Read More Moving on the Wires: Recent News and Posts*Become a patron and support my blog and other writing endeavors on Patreon! *Update: This Thursday is the opening reception for I Am Here: Blacking the Internet at Superchief Gallery in NYC featuring the work of Azikiwe Mohammad, Terrell Davis, Nandi Loaf, Devin Kenny & Palmtrees Caprisun Citrusblast and Juliana Huxtable. The run of the […]
Read More Moving on the Wires: Recent News and PostsSorry everyone; I had a busy weekend and could not post on Sunday. So here is this post on Monday. *LAST DAY TO DONATE TO MY ATLANTIC IMPACT FUNDRAISER!!!!!!! Here are my posts from the past few weeks with Barbados Cultural Facts of the Day and other Barbados related posts. Please donate to my fundraiser […]
Read More Moving on the Wires: This Week’s News and Posts (Monday Edition)Update: I took a picture of this poem while I was visiting a cousin of mine and I thought it was fitting for the theme of my blog and afrofuturism that is emphasized with the the images of Saturn and stars in the background, the procession of black people with flames over their heads, and […]
Read More Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth: “The Guide and The Guided”These are from the past two weeks: *Please Donate to my blog! Any amount will be appreciated! Either click on the donate button on the side or send donation to my Paypal using my email: svfreebird87@gmail.com. Thank you! *Also, reminder to please donate and/or share my fundraiser for Atlantic Impact’s Abroad for a Cause Challenge. […]
Read More Moving on the Wires: This Week’s News and Posts*Please DONATE to the blog! Any donations will be appreciated! Either click on the donate button on the side or send them via paypal to my email svfreebird87@gmail.com. Thank you! *”Newly Discovered Octavia Butler Stories to be Published in June!:” “Two newly-discovered Octavia Butler stories are coming out this summer! “A Necessary Being” and “Childfinder” […]
Read More Moving on the Wires: This Week’s News and Posts*Please DONATE to my blog! Any amount is appreciated! You can click the paypal button at the side panel or send it to my email svfreebird87@gmail.com through paypal. I was not able to do this post last week because my computer malfunctioned, so this is a combined post for the past two weeks. *If you […]
Read More Moving on the Wires: This Week’s News and PostsWatching Ed Bland‘s short film, Cry of Jazz, this morning reinforced how times have not changed much. The 1958 controversial documentary-styled film sets on a discussion after a jazz club meeting and the discussions and arguments literally feel like deja vu – white dismissals of black cultural contributions, black suffering, black knowledge and black excellence while […]
Read More Rewind: “Cry of Jazz” and Restrictions on Black ExcellenceIf you have seen the top of my blog, you would see that the tag line is a quotation from Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones), “the future is always here in the past,” which was one of the last lines in his essay, “Jazzmen: Diz & Sun Ra.” So, as you can see Baraka was an […]
Read More Modern Griots Tribute: RIP Amiri Baraka
Sherese Francis: Futuristically Ancient 