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SUMMARY:Future Perfect: A screening & workshop exploring future imaginaries from the New Right to the AfroFuturist Affair
DESCRIPTION:Slought is pleased to announce “Future Perfect\,” a screening and workshop exploring future imaginaries from the New Right to the AfroFuturist Affair\, on Tuesday\, November 3\, 2015 from 6-8pm. The event will feature the Philadelphia premiere of Daniel Tucker’s feature-length video essay Future Perfect: Time Capsules in Reagan Country (54 minutes\, 2015)\, followed by a dialogue between the artist and author Rasheedah Phillips\, creator of The AfroFuturist Affair\, exploring the liberatory potential of language\, and the relationship of writing to social justice and alternative conceptions of the future. \nThe conversation at Slought takes place just over ten years after Ronald Reagan’s death\, and twenty-five years after the fall of the Berlin Wall and his departure from the office of the President of the United States. It will begin with an exploration of a speech delivered by former President Ronald Reagan following the end of his Governorship in California on August 19th\, 1976 at the Republican National Convention in Kansas City\, Missouri. In this speech\, Reagan talks of the difficulty he found in writing a letter for a time capsule to be sealed in Los Angeles and opened one hundred years in the future. The video essay Future Perfect: Time Capsules in Reagan Country revisits this historical moment\, as well as Reagan’s future imaginaries – his science fiction imagination and rhetoric – through visits to Reagan-inspired monuments and time capsules throughout California. \nThe conversation at Slought will then move from the New Right imaginary of Reagan’s era\, which sought to impose a conservative vision upon society\, to the AfroFuturist imaginary of Black speculative fiction writers today\, who seek to enable a more progressive vision for society. In their recent collection Octavia’s Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements (2015)\, editors Adrienne Maree Brown and Walidah Imarisha introduce the term visionary fiction to distinguish “science fiction that has relevance toward building new\, freer worlds from the mainstream strain of science fiction\, which most often reinforces dominant narratives of power.” The event will thus explore the power of language in envisioning better worlds\, and the relationship between language\, identity\, imagination and power. The evening will conclude with a short writing workshop led by Rasheedah Phillips and The AfroFuturist Affair.
URL:https://metropolarity.net/event/1837/
LOCATION:Slought\, 4017 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Afrofuturist Sciences,Film Screenings,Panels & Expos,Workshops
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SUMMARY:Wildseeds Black Futures Fest
DESCRIPTION:FESTIVAL WEBSITE: www.blackfuturesfest.strikingly.com\nVOLUNTEERS: Email NOLAWildseeds@gmail.com if interested in being a volunteer 🙂 \nSave the date for the Wildseeds #BlackFuturesFest going on in New Orleans from May 28th-31st! \nThe Black Futures Fest is a celebration of the Black fantastic and will showcase the creative praxis of artists\, writers\, and cultural workers of color in New Orleans whose work engages around issues of Afrofuturism\, Black science fiction\, and the Black radical and speculative imagination—work exploring race\, gender\, class\, social change\, and the future of Black and Brown bodies and communities. \nOpen to the public\, the weekend of festivities will feature film screenings\, workshops\, panel discussions\, literary readings\, and art and music by local artists and musicians. More than anything\, the festival will provide a space to celebrate Black and Brown artists\, writers\, teachers\, librarians\, readers\, and publishers engaged in shaping the future of Black people at the intersections of futurism\, arts\, and social change. \nCHECK THIS PAGE REGULARLY FOR EVENT UPDATES OR VISIT www.blackfuturesfest.strikingly.com! \n 
URL:https://metropolarity.net/event/wildseeds-black-futures-fest/
LOCATION:Ibis Conservation Room\, 1401 Leonidas St\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70118\, United States
CATEGORIES:Afrofuturist Sciences,Conferences,Film Screenings,Live Art & Exhibitions,Music Shows,Panels & Expos,Readings & Performances,Some Other Jawns,Workshops,Zine & Book Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20141113T170000
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SUMMARY:BLACK HOLOGRAPHIC MEMORY MOVIE NIGHT
DESCRIPTION:BLACK HOLOGRAPHIC MEMORY MOVIE NIGHT  \nImpact Hub Philly | November 13\, 5pm – 8pm\nJoin us for an evening of Afrofuturist\, Black Scifi\, and Horror films \nFILMS\nHabesha Undefined by Selam Bekele \nA Dangerous Cure by Kevin Jarvis\nLast Man Standing by Stan West\nNOISEGATE by Donovan Vim Crony\nWalk With Me by Art Punch Studio\n+ other shorts \nMovie Tickets \npart of the Afrofuturist Affair’s 4th Annual Costume & Charity Ball
URL:https://metropolarity.net/event/black-holographic-memory-movie-night/
LOCATION:Impact Hub\, 1227 N 4th Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film Screenings
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Afrofuturist Affair":MAILTO:afrofuturistaffair@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20141108T200000
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SUMMARY:The AfroFuturist Affair Presents: |BLACK HOLOGRAPHIC MEMORY| 4th Annual Charity & Costume Ball WEEKEND
DESCRIPTION:This year\, The AfroFuturist Affair Annual Charity & Costume Ball has expanded space-time from one evening to a month-long celebration of Afrofuturism. In addition to the 4th Annual Costume Ball on Saturday\, November 8 2014\, we will have events throughout November\, including workshops\, dance party\, readings\, book club\, film screenings\, art exhibit\, and more\, all exploring the theme of Black Holographic Memory. \nNOV. 8 – Charity and Costume Ball – $10 donation\nPlease join us at Impact Hub Philly as we celebrate and bring awareness to Afrofuturism and Black SciFi culture with feature visual and performance artists\, authors\, and presenters whose creations use Afrofuturism and Black Sci-Fi as vehicles for expression and agency. Costumes and theme-wear strongly encouraged (check our past photos)! \nSounds Provided by:\nVisibly Inflight (ATL)\nGanja Goons (SC)\nViolet Marley\nMMGZ and the BHM Band\nWarren C. Longmire\nMarlo Reynolds\nNyfolt\nJohn Wesley Moon\nDJ Willy Wino \nLive Art with:\nOmi Urban Gypsy \nMonth-long Afrofuturist Art Gallery featuring:\nDezz Archie\nNyfolt\nNoni Red\nOmi Urban Gypsy\n+BQF Private art collection \nIndigenous Techniques Afterparty at House of Future Sciences. Details TBA\n\nNov 13 – MultiMedia Night – $3-5 donation\nJoin us at Impact Hub for an evening of Afrofuturist\, Black Scifi\, and Horror documentary and films\nFeaturing:\nHabesha Undefined by Selam Films: Prince of Nowhere\nA Dangerous Cure: the Movie by Kevin Jarvis\nLast Man Standing by Stan West\nNOISEGATE by Donovan Vim Crony\nWalk With Me by Art Punch Studio\n+ other shorts \nNov. 15 – Workshops/Readings – $3-5 donation\nDetails TBA soon \nSponsored by\nPhiladelphia Printworks\nMetropolarity\nROCKERS!\nFanbros.com\nLissa Alicia Independent Media and Marketing \nAll proceeds benefit The Futurist Fund Community Grant\, which provides emergency assistance to low-income community members. More info atwww.afrofuturistaffair.com.
URL:https://metropolarity.net/event/the-afrofuturist-affair-presents-black-holographic-memory-4th-annual-charity-costume-ball-weekend/
LOCATION:Impact Hub\, 1227 N 4th Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Afrofuturist Sciences,Film Screenings,Fundraisers,Live Art & Exhibitions,Parties,Readings & Performances,Workshops
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Afrofuturist Affair":MAILTO:afrofuturistaffair@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:The Future Weird x The AfroFuturist Affair Movie Night
DESCRIPTION:The Future Weird short film screening series out of Brooklyn joins The AfroFuturist Affair in Philly for an evening of sci-fi\, experimental\, speculative & weird short films by directors from Africa and the Global South\, with live\, thematic musical interludes from experimental/electronic artists Marlo Reynolds and Moor Mother Goddess. \nJoin us on Saturday\, May 10 to screen two of The Future Weird’s curated tracks\, VISIONS OF EXCESS and IN SEARCH OF A BLACK ATLANTIS. \nVISIONS OF EXCESS features short films which document bodies produced by force. We study body movement which confounds the dichotomy between human and machine. But forget what you know about the sexy cyborg – we’re talking about discipline\, ritual\, secret societies run by women\, the appetites of deep sea creatures\, eroticized amputees\, and militant bread bakers. Welcome to the black fantastic.  \nfeaturing a thematic performance by Moor Mother Goddess \nIn IN SEARCH OF A BLACK ATLANTIS\, water is a cleansing force through which our bodies may be reborn\, but it is also a site of memory where disappeared and suppressed things resurface\, wash up\, or return to us as detritus. Through myths that traverse the Black diaspora we meet a beautiful and dangerous sea goddess named mama wata. Following tourists and then refugees fleeing Europe\, we consider stories concerning identity\, slavery and commerce\, high seas adventure\, and the joint appeal and terror of being visited by ancestors or haunted by an unknown past. \nfeaturing a thematic performance by Marlo Reynolds \nWhen: Saturday\, May 10\, 2014\nWhere: LAVA Space\, 4134 Lancaster Ave\, Philadelphia\, PA 19104\nTime: 4-9pm\, with thematic musical interludes\nCost: $5 donation\, no one turned away for lack of funds\nSnacks \nSponsored by:\nPhiladelphia Printworks\, GriotWorks\, The Future Weird\, and The AfroFuturist Affair
URL:https://metropolarity.net/event/the-future-weird-x-the-afrofuturist-affair-movie-night/
LOCATION:LAVA zone\, 4134 Lancaster Ave\, Philadelphia\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Afrofuturist Sciences,Film Screenings
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