Black Quantum Futures

A compilation of memory, myth, meaning, language, image, heritage, spirit, and sacrilege, all for the sake of discovering that which is or can be my very own self-affirming truth. Personal Opinions of I and I

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Friday night @ 7pm eastern- talk on Abolition + Afrofuturism + Housing by #blackquantumfuturism w/ premiere of new performance by @moormother as part of @ucsc_ias x @anindexofmusic Visualizing Abolition event https://www.instagram.com/p/CHf3xJHlk4c/?igshid=1s2qnyoka1nyv

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TONIGHT: 630PM – 8:00 PM EST w/ @apexartnyc How can art and culture be a catalyst for us to envision a different world that is grounded in social justice and liberation? The artists, collectives, and cultural workers featured in Imagining De-gentrified Futures provide a counter perspective to the dominant narrative that artists have only been complicit vanguards in gentrification. These highlighted artists and cultural workers are disrupting that narrative through creative approaches, artistic expressions and community collaborations that boldly put forth a vision for a de-gentrified future. In conversation: Betty Yu, Sandra de la Loza, Rasheedah Phillips of Black Quantum Futurism, Tomie Arai of Chinatown Art Brigade, and Robin Holder. This event is in conjunction with Imagining De-gentrified Futures, an exhibition curated by Betty Yu and on view at apexart and online November 5 - December 19, 2020 https://www.instagram.com/p/CHfvXp7lDKd/?igshid=1arq020thok5b

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New #BlackQuantumFuturism soundscapes and poem poster on #bandcamp - Black Communal Time Rising | https://blackquantumfuturism.bandcamp.com/album/black-communal-time-rising | #bandcampfriday #blackwomen #cptime #communityfuturisms #communityfutureslab #afrofuturism https://www.instagram.com/p/CCMu02xlpjP/?igshid=1d7ppmsz8gt9h

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New blog post up on Waiting Time x #Juneteenth.........The rituals of Watch Nights + Freedom Days puts waiting time and political time together. Black people have always needed to be vigilant of political and institutional time, with an intimate understanding of how it moves. | #blackquantumfuturism #afrofuturism #retrofuturism #civilwar #monuments #blackspacetimematters https://www.instagram.com/p/CBl4Ck7lpxF/?igshid=ifi5mb66y5qb

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We are excited to donate all proceeds from sales of @communityfutureslab #CommunityFuturisms book from Juneteenth through July 4th to @dox.thrash Black Futures Campaign! We developed #CommunityFuturisms book specifically with the purpose of supporting @communityfutureslab and other #NorthPhilly community and grassroots projects. We are proud to support the preservation and communal memory of Black historical legacies such as @dox.thrash and others! Link in bio to buy the book or donate directly to the Campaign at @dox.thrash. Portion of Proceeds from the previous month’s have also been donated to @northphillypeacepark Campaign for Black Joy https://www.instagram.com/p/CBixngZFKwy/?igshid=1py2kbyxsdlku

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@blackquantumfuturism interviews each other for @thewiremagazine Invisible Jukebox mystery record selection https://www.instagram.com/p/CBixCcJFDjd/?igshid=ucxgt9iza44p

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Congratulations to @moormother on dropping her sophomore album Analog Fluids of Sonic Black Holes!! Available on everything, everywhere, even on the moon and in your dreams. The accompanying poetry book Analog Fluids will be available on @futuresciencesbooks in a few short days. #moormother #analogfluids #blackwomenartists #blackfutures #blacktemporal #coloredpeoplestime #blackquantumfuturism #afrofuturism #blackspacetime #poetry #camaeayewa photos by @sweeneybob https://www.instagram.com/p/B4nWb_dl5Pd/?igshid=1p1n9ao00ku6z

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Congratulations to @moormother on dropping her sophomore album Analog Fluids of Sonic Black Holes!! Available on everything, everywhere, even on the moon and in your dreams. The accompanying poetry book Analog Fluids will be available on @futuresciencesbooks in a few short days. #moormother #analogfluids #blackwomenartists #blackfutures #blacktemporal #coloredpeoplestime #blackquantumfuturism #afrofuturism #blackspacetime #poetry #camaeayewa https://www.instagram.com/p/B4nV0hsF3Hf/?igshid=37spa5uohduw

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Project: Time Capsule Continuum performance at @languidhands Towards a Black Testimony moving Image premiere at @stroom_den_haag such an honor to create space-time for/with/in response to the brilliance of these creatives . Thank you @languidhands @stroom_den_haag | 📸 @tarona (at Stroom Den Haag) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4M-nYZlNuW/?igshid=un63etn7c0js

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DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME EPILOGUE. Activation, Pt. 00: Black Womxn Temporal Portal FIRST FRIDAY RECEPTION, NOVEMBER 1, 2019, 5-7pm at the Painted Bride Art Center Activation, Pt. 01: Daylight Saving Time Epilogue SUNDAY NOVEMBER 3, 2019, 3-6pm at the Painted Bride Art Center - Invite Only Event for Black womxn, demes, girls, and NB folks (DM your email if you self identify and want an invite)| As part of the unveiling of the Black Womxn Temporal Portal, Daylight Saving Time Epilogue is a ritual performance and lectures exploring time, alternative temporalities, trauma, healing, and temporal shifts from the frameworks, rituals, and cultural traditions of self-identifying Black womxn, femmes, girls, non-binary, and gender non-conforming folks. The program acknowledges the end of Daylight Saving Time and will create protection rituals for the end of DST, which usually triggers Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) as the temparatures drop and days get shorter. DST Epilogue is invite only to allow attendees to have the opportunity to take their time exploring the Black Womxn Temporal Portal during the lectures and rituals and to cultivate an environment where people feel safe and open to sharing and exploring the themes and topics of the event. #blackfutures #blacktemporal #afrofuturism #afrodiasporictime #blackquantumfuturism #blackwomxntemporal #blackgrandmotherparadoxes (at Painted Bride Art Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/B315-1KFRjw/?igshid=a1apowdfqxy0

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Remembering Time Camp 001 w/ @iceboxprojectspace - @timecamp002/CLT w/ @denise_thugstable @cltloci @goodyeararts - Time Camp 003/Black Womxn Time Camp at @voxpopuligallery | BQF #TimeCamp is a creative exploration of time featuring national speakers, workshops, and art through afrofuturist and Black Quantum Futurist lenses. | #timecamp001 #timecamp002 #timecampclt #blackwomxntimecamp #blackwomxntemporal #diytimetravel #afrofuturism #timecamp #philly #charlotte #BlackQuantumFuturism https://www.instagram.com/p/B3vjHqTl4tS/?igshid=1k5sni468ibee

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Remembering #CircuitCity by @moormother at @fringearts - a choreoplay / Black quantum futurist exploration of public/private ownership, housing, and tech set in a living room in a corporate owned apt complex | #phillyfringe #afrofuturism #theater #blackquantumfuturism #housingfutures #communityfutureslab #blackwomenartists #phillyfringe #tbt #thermodynamicthursday #timemachine #housing #diytimetravel (at FringeArts) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3vbzuMlSlm/?igshid=1olmvqoq3j5t2

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#RedSummer1919 Centennial Memorial @moormother @blackquantumtuturism@rbma + many prolific, amazing artists. 4 hour memorial performance included #blackquantumfuturism digital and print zine, and temporary stage and video installation. The circular stage is the Red Summer 1919 astrological zodiac from #BlackQuantumFuturism #TelescopingEffect depicting Times/locations where riots and uprisings took place entangled with the solar eclipse of 1919, while the time tunnel is an actual time tunnel. The Red Summer print zines also pay tribute to Ida B Wells’ The Red Record. | #afrofuturism #BlackQuantumFuturism #redsummer #redsummer1919 #tbt #thermodynamicthursdays #timetravel #diytimetravel (at BRIC) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3vLj3FFM7F/?igshid=1sv8ucgmg6zr1

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#TemporalDeprogramming - thank you to everyone involved and who supported - thank you for unforgettable, deep engagement, mind melting convos, home cooked meals, inspiration, things to look forward to - thank you for our own temporal zone @icalondon @denengethefirst #otolithgroup @barby_as @moormother @nkisiii @crunchyoblivion @rabzlan @afropoppins @cauleen_smith #languidhands #elainemitchner (at ICA) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2fd70jlHzV/?igshid=enzixjft6wft

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Experimental Time Order Sep 13 – Nov 2, 2019 / Opening Sep 12 @ 7:00pm Artist Talk/Workshop Sept 14 3-5pm Performance Sept 14 8pm Both events are free #BlackQuantumFuturism (BQF) is a multidisciplinary collaboration between artists Camae Ayewa and Rasheedah Phillips. Through their videos, publications, collages, sculptures, performances, and discursive events, BQF engage in community-based projects that draw from quantum physics and Black/Afrodiasporic cultural traditions of consciousness, time, and space. For this exhibition, BQF will present a body of their recent work that questions how we can manipulate and collapse space-time in order to imagine, see, and make manifest future realities in the present. Their exhibition will be complemented by a workshop/artist talk that further engages with BQF’s interest in DIY time travel. For their talk, they’ll be joined by Adam Rudder from the Hogan’s Alley Society, who will act as a respondent and speak to the work they do with Vancouver’s Black community. Following that afternoon talk, Black Quantum Futurism will make a performance at 8pm on Saturday September 14. #vancouver #blacktemporal (at Western Front) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2SWa7Zlbkn/?igshid=1ei4fcucjsl6t

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#BlackQuantumFuturism activiating @communityfutureslab Chicago at the @chicagoarchitecturebiennial on September 19 - @communityfutureslab will be open in @chiculturcenter through January featuring events and activations with Chicago-based community orgs working on access to housing issues. | x Black Utopias? panel on September 21 at Chicago EXPO | #communityfutureslab #expochicago #blackfutures #housingfutures #diytimetravel #gentrification (at Chicago Architecture Biennial) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2VI0D6FKt3/?igshid=rzuooq1ld9cu

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Moor Mother's "After Images" is an empowering march for the darkest times

The Philadelphia artist pulls the bottom out from the comfortable and apathetic.

The Philadelphia artist pulls the bottom out from the comfortable and apathetic.