afronaut(a)

“afronaut(a): is a collage of time, travel. the space from the rites to the popular. travels through culture and the moving image. it’s how I navigate through inspiration, identity and creation...” ABW

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TONIGHT! I’m having a conversation with Njaimeh Njie about her work the Emerging Artist of the Year exhibition @pfpca 6pm!!! https://www.instagram.com/p/BpXB_VPg9mt/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1rdtnf7hp92uj

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I only have a few prints left of each! I made 10 each, limited edition. Thanks for the support world!!! There’s a thing at Air at end of month and then I’m taking a break from this for awhile! ❤️🙏🏾✊🏽❤️

[thelastbillboard]

For the past month The Last Billboard has been exhibiting Alisha Wormsley’s text “There are Black People in the Future.“ Alisha is a celebrated Pittsburgh-based artist and cultural producer (winner of the 2016 City of Pittsburgh Mayor’s Award for Public Art) whose work explores collective memory and the synchronicity of time, specifically through the stories of women of color. Alisha’s text for the billboard comes from her ongoing art practice, particularly her interest in Afrofuturism.

Last week, The Last Billboard’s landlord, We Do Property, forced Alisha’s text to be taken down over objections to the content (through a never-before evoked clause in the lease that gives the landlord the right to approve text).

I believe in the power, poetry, and relevance of Alisha’s text and see absolutely no reason it should have been taken down. I find it tragically ironic, given East Liberty’s history and recent gentrification, that a text by an African American artist affirming a place in the future for black people is seen as unacceptable in the present.

The artist will be part of a public panel discussion about the text and its removal hosted by the Kelly Strayhorn Theater in the next few weeks. More information to come.

- Jon Rubin, Founder and Curator of The Last Billboard

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TODAY IS THE FINAL DAY TO SUBMIT!!! VIDEO ARTISTS AND ARTISTS WITH VIDEOS! afronaut(a) experimental film series is producing a DVD Magazine. It will feature short works (15min max) and brief interviews with the filmmakers. **DEBUT DURING VIA EMERGING MUSIC AND MEDIA ART FESTIVAL ***SCREENED ON EVERY SCREEN AT THE ACE HOTEL ****ALSO POSSIBLITIES TO TOUR SCREENINGS *****SELECTED ARTISTS RECEIVE MODEST STIPEND AND 3 COPIES of DVD - THERE WILL ONLY BE A SMALL PRINT THEME: UNDERGROUND SEND BIO OR CV AND LINK TO FILM TO: [email protected]

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CALL TO VIDEO ARTISTS _ ARTISTS WITH VIDEOS 

Afronaut(a) is seeking videos and short films for its 2015 video magazine “Underground”. The magazine will include your films and brief interviews and features of you and the series. The DVD Magazine will be released September of 2016 with screening of the works and performances during our Media Festival.

“Afronaut(a): is a collage of time, travel. the space from the rites to the popular. travels thru culture and the moving image. navigations through inspiration, identity and creation…”

Based in Pittsburgh PA, Afronaut(a)’s inaugural season in 2013 featured an experimental conversation of and about film. Afronauta produced a film salon featuring video and film screenings in conjunction with live performance.

Afronaut(a)’s second season in 2014 consisted of a media festival, including screenings, performances, and films created from around the world in unique urban settings, presented over a ten week span.

Currently in Season 3. We are exploring new and old films supporting different themes of afrofuturism.

THEME We are now calling on artists and filmmakers to submit short works (max of 15 minutes) for inclusion in our video magazine. The theme is “Underground”

We encourage submissions from different genres, such as narrative, documentary, stop motion, experimental and more.

afronaut(a) is ALL INCLUSIVE to artists of any likeness. the title afronuat(a) originated with the idea that if you are discussing time travel you should start at the origin of humanity and time…

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

send us a bio, cv, brief description of your work or artist statement (less than 250 words) and a vimeo link to your work. Don’t forget the password if the video is listed as private ate. Send application to [email protected] by June 1, 2016.

DATES Application Due: June 1, 2016 Notifications: July 1, 2016

Festival and Release: September 2016

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Stipends will be awarded to selected artists. Artists will receive 3 copies of the magazine A screening of the selected works will take place in the fall of 2016.

[afronautafilms]

Hey Folks!!! NEWS ABOUT THIS CALL. We are collaborating with VIA (http://via-hq.com) for the release of the DVD Magazine. This is a great avenue to get your work out and be in the mix with some pretty amazing performers/media artists and more. In addition, the works selected will be on rotation at ACE Hotel during the festival. The deadline is coming up June 1. Don’t miss it!  Info below!

[afronautafilms]

TODAY IS THE FINAL DAY TO SUBMIT!!! VIDEO ARTISTS AND ARTISTS WITH VIDEOS! afronaut(a) experimental film series is producing a DVD Magazine. It will feature short works (15min max) and brief interviews with the filmmakers. **DEBUT DURING VIA EMERGING MUSIC AND MEDIA ART FESTIVAL ***SCREENED ON EVERY SCREEN AT THE ACE HOTEL ****ALSO POSSIBLITIES TO TOUR SCREENINGS *****SELECTED ARTISTS RECEIVE MODEST STIPEND AND 3 COPIES of DVD - THERE WILL ONLY BE A SMALL PRINT THEME: UNDERGROUND SEND BIO OR CV AND LINK TO FILM TO: [email protected]

[afronautafilms]

Hey Folks!!! NEWS ABOUT afronaut(a)’s call for Video for DVD Magazine!. We are collaborating with VIA music festival (http://via-hq.com) for the release of the DVD Magazine. This is a great avenue to get your work out and be in the mix with some pretty amazing performers/media artists and more. In addition, the works selected will be on rotation at ACE Hotel during the festival. The deadline is coming up. Don't miss it!  info here: https://www.facebook.com/events/944640168936280/

THERE IS A PUBLIC LINK ALSO! https://www.facebook.com/events/1739567399592135/

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CALL TO VIDEO ARTISTS _ ARTISTS WITH VIDEOS 

Afronaut(a) is seeking videos and short films for its 2015 video magazine “Underground”. The magazine will include your films and brief interviews and features of you and the series. The DVD Magazine will be released September of 2016 with screening of the works and performances during our Media Festival.

“Afronaut(a): is a collage of time, travel. the space from the rites to the popular. travels thru culture and the moving image. navigations through inspiration, identity and creation…”

Based in Pittsburgh PA, Afronaut(a)’s inaugural season in 2013 featured an experimental conversation of and about film. Afronauta produced a film salon featuring video and film screenings in conjunction with live performance.

Afronaut(a)’s second season in 2014 consisted of a media festival, including screenings, performances, and films created from around the world in unique urban settings, presented over a ten week span.

Currently in Season 3. We are exploring new and old films supporting different themes of afrofuturism.

THEME We are now calling on artists and filmmakers to submit short works (max of 15 minutes) for inclusion in our video magazine. The theme is “Underground”

We encourage submissions from different genres, such as narrative, documentary, stop motion, experimental and more.

afronaut(a) is ALL INCLUSIVE to artists of any likeness. the title afronuat(a) originated with the idea that if you are discussing time travel you should start at the origin of humanity and time…

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

send us a bio, cv, brief description of your work or artist statement (less than 250 words) and a vimeo link to your work. Don’t forget the password if the video is listed as private ate. Send application to [email protected] by June 1, 2016.

DATES Application Due: June 1, 2016 Notifications: July 1, 2016

Festival and Release: September 2016

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Stipends will be awarded to selected artists. Artists will receive 3 copies of the magazine A screening of the selected works will take place in the fall of 2016.

[afronautafilms]

Hey Folks!!! NEWS ABOUT THIS CALL. We are collaborating with VIA (http://via-hq.com) for the release of the DVD Magazine. This is a great avenue to get your work out and be in the mix with some pretty amazing performers/media artists and more. In addition, the works selected will be on rotation at ACE Hotel during the festival. The deadline is coming up June 1. Don't miss it!  Info below!

[rosariumpublishing]

Missing some fantasy and sci-fi featuring POC leads in your life? Check out some of the comics and anthologies from Rosarium Publishing!

The Assimilated Cuban’s Guide to Quantum Santeria: “Assimilation is founded on surrender and being broken; this collection of short stories features people who have assimilated, but are actively trying to reclaim their lives. A collection of sci-fi and fantasy Latino short stories about losing and reclaiming cultural identity.”

Stories for Chip: A Tribute to Samuel R. Delany: “From surrealistic visions of bucolic road trips to erotic transgressions to mind-expanding analyses of Samuel R. Delany’s influence on the genre—as an out gay man, an African American, and possessor of a startlingly acute intellect—this book conveys the scope of the subject’s sometimes troubling, always rewarding genius.“

The SEA is Ours: Tales of Steampunk Southeast Asia: “The stories in this collection merge technological wonder with the everyday. Children upgrade their fighting spiders with armor, and toymakers create punchcard-driven marionettes. Large fish lumber across the skies, while boat people find a new home on the edge of a different dimension. Technology and tradition meld as the people adapt to the changing forces of their world.“

Mothership: Tales from Afrofuturism: This anthology focuses on fantasy and sci-fi through a non-white and postcolonial lens, with stories including folklore and narratives from a varieties of cultures - Haitian, Japanese, African-American, Mexican, Native American, and so many more.

DayBlack: “Beneath the polluted clouds of DayBlack, Georgia, a man exists. After hundreds of years of killing to survive, he no longer wants to simply exist…he wants to live. DayBlack is the story of Merce, a former slave who was bitten by a vampire in the cotton fields. “

Chadhiyana - In the Company of Shadows:  “Chadhiyana, the Tal-Ifatiir order’s first female member, holds a horrible secret from her past and is plagued by troubles she’s afraid to reveal. As the company journeys to Aghal-Paraag’s prison, one misfortune after another befalls them. What can be the source of their troubles? The witch? The demon lord himself? Perhaps it is Chadhiyana or the secret she has sealed behind her closed lips.“

[afronautafilms]

Afronaut(a) 3.0 Lifts Off At Kelly Strayhorn Theater

The Afronaut(a) salon series returns to the Kelly Strayhorn Theater with a selection of thought-provoking films and videos from Pittsburgh and from around the globe. Curated by Pittsburgh-based int…

Cool article on afronaut(a) 3.0...

[afronautafilms]

CALL TO VIDEO ARTISTS _ ARTISTS WITH VIDEOS 

Afronaut(a) is seeking videos and short films for its 2015 video magazine “Underground”. The magazine will include your films and brief interviews and features of you and the series. The DVD Magazine will be released September of 2016 with screening of the works and performances during our Media Festival.

“Afronaut(a): is a collage of time, travel. the space from the rites to the popular. travels thru culture and the moving image. navigations through inspiration, identity and creation…”

Based in Pittsburgh PA, Afronaut(a)’s inaugural season in 2013 featured an experimental conversation of and about film. Afronauta produced a film salon featuring video and film screenings in conjunction with live performance.

Afronaut(a)’s second season in 2014 consisted of a media festival, including screenings, performances, and films created from around the world in unique urban settings, presented over a ten week span.

Currently in Season 3. We are exploring new and old films supporting different themes of afrofuturism.

THEME We are now calling on artists and filmmakers to submit short works (max of 15 minutes) for inclusion in our video magazine. The theme is “Underground”

We encourage submissions from different genres, such as narrative, documentary, stop motion, experimental and more.

afronaut(a) is ALL INCLUSIVE to artists of any likeness. the title afronuat(a) originated with the idea that if you are discussing time travel you should start at the origin of humanity and time...

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

send us a bio, cv, brief description of your work or artist statement (less than 250 words) and a vimeo link to your work. Don’t forget the password if the video is listed as private ate. Send application to [email protected] by June 1, 2016.

DATES Application Due: June 1, 2016 Notifications: July 1, 2016

Festival and Release: September 2016

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Stipends will be awarded to selected artists. Artists will receive 3 copies of the magazine A screening of the selected works will take place in the fall of 2016.

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[afronautafilms]

This Week!!!  This week is about Branding. It's about Marketing. Media. It's REALLY about the effects of capitalism on people of color (all of us) in this country. Ricardo Iamuuri will adress these issues through cinema followed by an excerpt/meditation of his work A Brand New World: kill the artist. Recently premiered at the New Hazlett Theater as a part of their CSA. The film "Secret to Selling the Negro" has been taken out of the Video Archive and we are having trouble getting it. See you this Sunday!!!

[afronautafilms]

Article about my work written by the amazing and brilliant Tameka Cage Conely!!!

[afronautafilms]

Join us February 14th for our kickoff winter screening season!

We will be screening short films from African film makers:

Followed by discussion with Anqwenique Wingfield and Darrell Kinsel

Films start at 2pm Doors open at 1pm

See you there!!!

check this season’s lineup!!!

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afronaut(a) 2.5 this winter!  Sundays, late Jan-Mar!  KST Alloy Studios

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If you were on Twitter recently, you might have seen director Ava DuVernay's clever call to social media to name films with "black, brown, native or Asia

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50 Essential African-American Independent Films

While there are still too few African-American voices being recognized in Hollywood, recent films like Ava DuVernay's Selma and Spike Lee's Da Sweet Blood of Jesus speak to a vital tradition of bla...

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Rapper David Banner Makes a Film About African Deities!!!!

Walking with Gods is a live-action, superhero series. It is about a man whose godly powers are realized only when his inner being is balanced and he truly believes in the power within. It all begins when Aket Heru, son of a celestial king is cursed. Aket's jealous older brother, Liel, becomes aware that their father will ignore natural order and install Aket as king, upon his death. Angered, Liel invokes the evil spirit Setus. Setus fools Liel and destroys the family, but keeps Aket for entertainment. Aket's memory is erased and he is forced to travel through the ages not knowing his true God like power.  Setus plays an evil game and Aket murders his girlfriend, Lisa. After the murder, Aket's true power awakens. Aket must now fight to restore his full power and break the curse. In order to do so, Aket now Alex Light, must believe in his godly power and embrace his true destiny.