“The Shadows Took Shape” Panel Discussion
The Studio Museum in Harlem
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Space may have been the place for jazz visionary Sun Ra, but there is another location that has often been excluded from discussions of Afrofuturism: the ocean. From the mythic, underwater world of Drexciya, to the music of Azealia Banks and the artwork of Ellen Gallagher, the ocean has flooded several modes of black cultural expression. Join the Studio Museum for a trans-disciplinary dialogue that conceptualizes “black aquatic space” as it relates to the global production of black science fictions across film, theory, literature, music and contemporary art.
Organized by Jared Richardson, PhD candidate in Art History at Northwestern University, this discussion features Alexander G. Weheliye, Professor of English and African American Studies at Northwestern University and Los Angeles-based artist Edgar Arceneaux whose work is included in The Shadows Took Shape.
Tickets
Students with an ID and Studio Museum Members: $5.00 ($6.17 w/service fee)
General: $10.00 ($11.34 w/service fee)
[Image: Edgar Arceneaux, “Slave Ship Zong” series, 2013- Courtesy the artist and Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Photo: Adam Reich]
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Schedule
February 06, 2014 from 19:00 to 21:00