Posts Tagged ‘Afrofuturism’
Kuyum Tanzplattform 2024 at Theaterhaus Berlin
Sept. 13, 2024
Kuyum Tanzplattform, the annual dance festival dedicated to the visibility and promotion of neo-African choreographies, will be hosted this year from September 25th to 29th at…[read on]
Letter from the Editor: Utopia
by Alison Hugill // Jan. 5, 2024
It might be a good time to re-orient our thinking towards viable social alternatives. What could “utopia” mean today? What social and political forms can hope take?…[read on]
Afrofuturist Techno Myths: An Interview with DeForrest Brown Jr.
by Berlin Art Link // Dec. 1, 2023
We reached out to DeForrest Brown Jr. to learn more about his contribution and personal connection to the show, the myths surrounding the origins of techno as well as how…[read on]
Trust the Process: Sophiensæle Opens its 2023/24 Season
by Lorna McDowell // Nov. 10, 2023
Sophiensæle, one of Berlin’s most important centers for independent performing arts, will reopen in December after a short break, under the new artistic direction of Jens Hillje and…[read on]
Letter from the Editor: Myth
by Alison Hugill // Nov. 3, 2023
With this new topic, we are looking at the ways in which artists are reclaiming mythology and engaging in new and complex processes of myth-making, world-building and fictioning…[read on]
‘Human Is’ Explores Possible Posthuman Futures
by Olivia Ladanyi // May 30, 2023
‘Human Is’ at Schinkel Pavillon comprises 19 artists whose work explores possible posthuman futures and questions the human condition today…[read on]
On Shipwrecks and Blackness: An Interview with Dominique White
by Lucia Longhi // June 20, 2022
Dominique White’s installations recall nautical, imaginary worlds. They stage “The Shipwreck(ed),” a term that encompasses the past and future of Blackness through the idea of the sea…[read on]
Interview by Göksu Kunak // June 19, 2019
Safe. It is a big lie to utter the word safe, while Black folks are being murdered by official dark-blues, while the word rape still exists…[read on]
Article by Kimberly Budd in Berlin // Aug. 24, 2017
Six years after its inception, Fuchsbau Festival and its team of consciously creative artists and ‘social scientists’ lured us once again to the woods outside Hannover, this time for some contemplation of…[read on]
Article in Berlin // May 21, 2017
The AfroFuturist Affair is a community formed to celebrate, strengthen, and promote Afrofuturistic and Black Sci-fi culture through creative events and creative writing. In collaboration with Icebox Project…[read on]
Article by TL Andrews // June 21, 2016
The term “Afrofuturism” was coined in the 1990s by the cultural critic Mark Dery, who recognized a preoccupation with the future in the work of a number of black artists. Ever since, it has remained a term…[read on]
