#mythmedia

[tales-of-mythclan]

{{resting on a knife, you heavy souls with all this weight buckling down on you now}}

Skipstar's portrait. He is the leader of MythClan, and has been granted nine lives by his vanished comrades. He searches for answers, balancing survival and conquest as he cares for Fernkit and Shadowpaw.

He has been blessed, or cursed, with demonic powers, harnessing dark magic with his blade. He wears the mark of his magic with tainted eyes and a crown of horns.

-Numbattery

[communityfutureslab]

In April we take our 3rd trip to #OctaviaCity for an extended stay! All throughout April, @blacktribbles @afrofuturistaffair with #Mythmedia Studios/ @patternmaster will turn over FIVE LIVE RADIO SHOWS to the big event. Every show in April will feature original short stories, music, spoken word pieces and personal reflections on the influence the work of #OctaviaButler has had on the artistic community. CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS for all artists, writers, screenwriters (wouldn't a cool stage reading sound great?) and music/spoken word performers interested in showcasing their craft. send an email to [email protected] letting us know what you wish to contribute to OCTAVIA CITY 2015. Submissions are due by March 20th. (at Octavia City)

[afrofuturistaffair]

MoT Spotlight On: Doctoral Candidate Li Sumpter | mythmedia:21

Artist:

Li Sumpter

Museum of Time Presentation:

*mythmedia:21

mythmedia:21 is a production studio dedicated to developing projects that use the power of myth and media technologies to address critical inquiry and cultural concerns of the 21st century. We believe today’s cultural milieu and its underlying mythology serve as the blueprint for the world of tomorrow. The visual landscape is essential to this blueprint. As catalysts of culture throughout history, artists have been the world’s architects of image, ideology and change. mythmedia:21 sees artists and media-makers as messengers of the age heralding undeniable signs of the times.

Artist Statement:

Currently a doctoral student in Mythological Studies and Depth Psychology at Pacifica Graduate Institute, Sumpter’s research applies archetypal, aesthetic and quantum theories toward understanding humankind’s existential condition in the 21st century. She believes our future trajectory through the multi-verse is fundamentally shaped by collective participation in a mythic paradigm that supports a corresponding reality. In her dissertation, Apocalyptic Soul: Seeing through Image in the Age of End Time Sumpter examines the impact of apocalyptic art and media on psyche and the phenomenological world.

While Afrofuturism continues to be defined and re-defined by cultural trend and technology, Sumpter considers it, above all, an archetypal aesthetic. In the timeless quest for survival, meaning and transcendence, Afrofuturism is but one path of critical interpretation, creative expression and existential meditation bringing people of the African Diaspora closer to a multi-dimensional vision of tomorrow and humanity’s place in the cosmos.

Artist's Portal:

mythmedia:21

*mythmedia:21 is a gracious sponsor of the Museum of Time, and will be hosting a special Museum of Time afterparty immediately following the event at the mythmedia:21 studio at Window Factory Arts! The afterparty will feature time travel film screenings, sound travelin' grooves, and time travel theories rendered on the studio walls! More details to come soon.