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African Art, Afrofuturism, Art, Artwork, Collage, Cultural Studies, Cyberpunk, Design, Digital Media, Exhibitions, Experimental, Fashion, Folklore, Grunge, idris Veitch, Illustrator, Instagram, Jamaica, Jamaican Art, Kokab Zohoori-Dossa, Mixed Media, Mythology, Photography, Provocative, Scott Braque, Taj Francis, Undergound
Jamaican Artists – Afrofuturism
Idris Veitch Digital and Mixed Media Artist Fashion Design Background Veitch’s work here [Veitch explores] themes of intercultural fusion with a series of digital collages titled “African Masks X Ukiyoe”. Veitch’s current body of work represents a natural evolution with a combination of bright colours, contrasting elements and nods to Afrofuturism. About Idris Veitch –…
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2022, Activism, African Mythology, Afrofuturism, Black People, Black star Line, Black Women, Drama, Education, Empowerment, Fantasy, Feminism, Fiction, Folklore, Jamaica, Language, Literary, Literature, Louise Bennett, Magical Realism, Marcus Garvey, Marlon James, Miss Lou, Music, Nalo Hopkinson, Pantomime, Patois, Political, Radical, Reggae, Social Justice, Speculative Fiction, Theatre, UNIA
Jamaican Writers – Afrofuturism
Nalo Hopkinson Author of Brown Girl in the Ring, Midnight Robber, Skin Folk, Falling in Love with Hominids Specializes in Speculative Fiction, Magical Realism, Folklore, Afro-Caribbean Culture, Feminism In this near future, post-apocalyptic Toronto, the wealthy live in the suburbs. In the inner city, government and social structures have disintegrated after a series of riots.…
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A Noob’s Journey into AI Art
By Kandice Thompson I first got into AI Art after I saw headlines of AI (artificial intelligence) generated concept art winning a competition which sparked debates online. Netizens were concerned that AI Art may phase out the need for traditional artists and whether or not it’s fair for AI Art to compete against humans. After…
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2022, Afrofuturism, Bob Marley, Chronixx, Dancehall, Disco, Dubstep, Experimental, Fashion, Futuristic, Grace Jones, Icon, Innovator, Jamaican, Lee Scratch Perry, Music, Pioneer, Pop, Reggae, Remix, Roots, Skank, Trap
Jamaican Musicians -Afrofuturism
Jamar McNaughton/Chronixx Known for a Reggae Revival. Uses digital instrument to experiment with reggae and dancehall – trap reggae/dancehall Positive thinking, Social Justice, Black Empowerment, Rastafarian themes in his music. Invested in his homeland and knowledge of African roots through Rastafari These creative giants have been able to reconstruct “Blackness” in the culture. According to…
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2022, Academic, Afrofuturism, Afrofuturist, AI Art, Archive, Art, Artwork, Catalogu, Citations, Digital Media, Educational, Fasion, Food, Gallery, Icon, Interview, Jamaica, KandiceThompson, Links, Literature, Music, National, Resources, Science, soundCloud, Survey, technology, Vision 2030, Voice Tag, Voices, VoxPop, Writers
An Afrofuturist’s Archive
Final Project Directory A Catalogue of Jamaica in the Afrofuturistic Space. What is Afrofuturism? The term Afrofuturism was coined by American cultural critic Mark Dery in his 1994 essay “Black to the Future: Interviews with Samuel R. Delany, Greg Tate and Tricia Rose. Initially used to address the intersection of African American themes and “technoculture”…
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Grace Jones: On The Cutting Edge
By Kandice Thompson Black Panther was many of our first entries into the world of Afrofuturism. This one film has done wonders with its reach, opening up the masses to ideas of a futuristic black society, but there is so much more. However, it seems as if most of the popular contributions have been done…
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Own Voices: A Conversation with Gibrey Allen
By Kandice Thompson Gibrey Allen is the director of the 2020 film Right Near the Beach which examines Jamaica’s cultural approach to sexuality and grief. The film follows Miles after the loss of his son Jeff to a brutal hate crime. Allen also plays the Miles’ son Mike who returns to Jamaica for his brother’s…
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My Introduction to the Digital Humanities. Review of “Laurie Taylor and Cultivating Caribbean Knowledge”.
Greetings Cyber Sapiens My name is Kandice Thompson. I am a Literatures in English major, Film Studies minor at the University of the West Indies. On this day, in the year of our Lord 2022 this course, Creative Non-Fiction and Digital Media, felt like a necessity for a humanities student. In this techno-social era, navigating…
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Brainstorming: Afrofuturism and Language
By Kandice Thompson How Do We Reconstruct Blackness? Afrofuturism’s fluid ideology is a space where the cultural can meet digital as our imaginings of the future are inherently tied to the development of technology. Maybe we imagine a societal collapse heralded by such technology and “progression”. Will we be going back – Sankofa anyone? We…
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