Afrofuturism , the apparent movement that puts people of African descent at the center of futuristic and science - fancied nonesuch , has stick a new avatar in the signifier of singer Janelle Monae . But there ’s also a new script coming out , two new art shows , an Octavia Butler graphic novel , and much , much more .
A tremendous article in Ebony gives a sight of the new landscape of Afrofuturism . aside from Monae ’s new album The Electric Lady , there ’s also an art show call Black Kirby by creative person John Jennings and Stacey Robinson , which reimagines the superhero worlds of Jack “ King ” Kirby through an African lens system .
Jennings also provided the cover artwork and some interior representative to the new bookAfrofuturism : The World of Black Science Fiction and Fantasy Culture by Ytasha L. Womack , which review innovator from Sun Ra to Octavia E. Butler . Meanwhile , Jennings is also adapting Butler ’s classic novel Kindred into a lifelike novel .
And the Studio Museum in Harlem is present an exhibition of the employment of 29 Afrofuturist artists called “ The Shadows Took Shape ” — including Derrick Adams ’ refreshment of the “ elephantine metallic head of Richard Pryor ” from the moving-picture show The Wiz . Adams narrate Ebony :
From the way the elements of time - locomotion to the blues and malarky infused in the soundtrack to the elbow room the characters speak , The Wiz apply escapism and phantasy to discuss bigger military issue … The same is true for the concept of Afrofuturism .
The whole article , touching on the work of George Clinton , Sun Ra , Samuel R. Delany and unnumerable other influence on Afrofuturism , is well worth checking out . [ Ebony ]
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