#curatingradicalfutures

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Repost @hansulrichobrist with ・・・ Sarah Sze IT’S OUR FUTURE #sarahsze #curatingradicalfutures #futureplanning with @drzzl #outset

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🙏❤️#Repost @outsetart (@get_repost) ・・・ Thank you to @alikati for curating the colloquium last night, supported by Outset & Arts Council England. #CuratingRadicalFutures questioned what does the future hold & how to visualise and manifest 'radical futures' & 'alternative histories'. Participants: @larryachiampong @melanie.keen @drzzl @cairoc @yingdonnatan @jamesravinet @georgevasey @danielseankelly @yves.blais @tate

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#Repost @drzzl (@get_repost) ・・・ Ya boy went to the Kingdom to talk about decolonizing the future ☑️ . . Pic reposted from the illustrious @faribrad. Cyborg shrimp sculpture by @wienalin at @smithsonianapa #CTRLALT 🦐 . . #CuratingRadicalFutures at @Tate was an incredible experience with the great artists @larryachiampong & @jessepresleyjones and curated by @alikati whose amazingness unfolds more each time I see her. In my remarks, I challenge our use of the word “futurism” as a tool for liberation (i.e. #Afrofuturism, #Asiafuturism) and ask that we either consider new terms or make/publish/announce clear distinctions between the futurism we identify with and the anti-women, pro-nationalist elements mandated in the original inception of Futurism from Italy that eventually fueled fascism. Don’t get it twisted — I love my P-Funk, Sun-Ra and Astroboy. But if we agree that it’s problematic to host events at former plantations or support sports logos that appropriate indigenous imagery, we should at least think deeply about associating with a word like futurism, which was originally grounded on violence, nationalism and “scorn for women.” Before u feel a certain way, google “futurism,” read the Futurist Manifesto, and note that #Afrofuturism is a term that was coined by a white guy with no record of work or research within Africana studies or African/American communities. Not saying that this disqualifies the terminology, we just need better receipts. Recording & article drops soon. DRZZL OUT.

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🔥❤️ #Repost @jamesravinet (@get_repost) ・・・ Still thinking about the many ideas and thoughts shared at yesterday's #curatingradicalfutures event (& will continue to think/enact) @tate with @larryachiampong @jessepresleyjones @cairoc @melanie.keen - also great to see following panel with @drzzl @georgevasey @yingdonnatan & a special thanks to @alikati for bringing us together!

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I prefer the term “elevated futures” because together, we rise. @drzzl #curatingradicalfutures #acesupported @outsetart (at Tate Modern)

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Curating Radical Futures - what does it mean to be radical? I take inspiration from our three brilliant guests: @larryachiampong speaks about the shifting time-travelling subjective position that questions the past, present and future @jessepresleyjones evokes the potent trembling space where the egg shakes before it hatches and a woman convulses before birth @drzzl is unafraid to question the language foundations on which we build hope to test its integrity The space where these intersect is the space of radicality. To be radical is never having become radical, but to always seek and question, even daring to dismantle that which appears to work, and always in the “to-be” state of trying to be radical. Thank you all for being inspiring. “Our future is lit” - Adriel Luis. @outsetart #acesupported #curatingradicalfutures (at Tate Modern)

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@jessepresleyjones at #curatingradicalfutures #acesupported @outsetart (at Tate Modern)

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@larryachiampong at #curatingradicalfutures @outsetart #acesupported (at Tate Modern)