The Uneasy Immortality of Henrietta Lacks: An Afrofuturist Parable
“Project LHAXX” is the inspiration for a virtual festival at The Ackland Art Museum this weekend.
The Strange Immortality of Henrietta Lacks
In “Project LHAXX” at the Ackland, an Afrofuturist art collective invents a new language for a true story of science, consent, and survival.
If Black Panther Was Your Intro to Afrofuturism, Get Caught Up on Its History with Space Is the Place
Thursday, May 24 Shadowbox Studio, Durham 7 p.m., free, www.shadowboxstudio.org If Black Panther recently spread the gospel of Afrofuturism to the masses, the canon of Sun Ra, including this 1974 sci-fi film, is one of the cosmology’s foundational sources. The film’s genesis lies in the early seventies, when the visionary jazz musician was teaching a…
Instead of Compromising with White Supremacy, the Afrofuturist Youth Center Blackspace Is a Visionary Alternative
Everything was white,” Pierce Freelon says. He’s talking about the original walls in Blackspace Durham, but he could also be describing why he founded the Afrofuturist youth centerfirst in Chapel Hill, now expanded into the American Underground start-up hub. Tarish Pipkins, aka the visionary puppeteer Jeghetto, was a key player in the informal think tank…
Durham’s Blackspace Hosts Fundraising Parties Tonight and Tomorrow
The downtown Durham “hub for Afrofuturism, digital media, and social entrepreneurship,” dubbed Blackspace, is just a couple of days out and still several thousand dollars short from reaching its $22,000 Kickstarter goal. In an effort to reach that target, Blackspace is teaming up with two other local businesses—Runaway Clothing and The Parlour—to throw a dance…
Moogfest Beyond the Concerts: A Music Fan’s Guide to Transhumanism, Technoshamanism, Afrofuturism, and More
Transhumanism isn’t the only esoteric theme in “Future Thought,” the group of programming tracks surrounding the concerts at Moogfest. Without an advanced degree in computer science, it can be hard to get your bearings. To help, we’re connecting artists you know with side paths that will further your understanding of them. MOOGFEST 2016: An Interview…