Portal to the Afrofuture

RSVP to 'Portal to the Afrofuture' at the AGGV on Fri, Feb 3, 2023, from 6-10 PM!

In celebration of Kemi Craig's Blueprints to the Afrofuture series, please join us at the Gallery for an evening of music and dance. Revel in an immersive soundscape by Ruby Smith-Diaz, interact with live sounds of 'Liberations' with DJ Nova Jade, and come together with the artists and communities who laid the during this year-long program series at the AGGV.

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM - Ruby Smith-Díaz Soundscape

7:00 PM - 8:30 PM - DJ Nova Jade 'Liberations'

8:30 PM - 10:00 PM - DJ Set

Admission by Donatoin (Suggsted $5-$20) at the Door. RSVP by 'Reserving Your Spot' now via Eventbrite

About Blueprints for the Afrofuture

Blueprints for the Afrofuture is a programming series that builds on the work of artist Denyse Thomasos, whose paintings speak to the experience of the African diaspora (previously on view at the AGGV from Dec 11, 2021 – Mar 13, 2022). Kemi will be collaborating with interdisciplinary Black artists and collectives from across BC to create art/offerings which will be shared with the public over the next year. As Kemi states, “The process acts as an embodied practice of what it looks like when our various Black communities, organizations, and individuals have the opportunity to gather and support each other through collective imagining, shared labor and resources.”

The importance of recognizing Blackness in BC, creates more fulsome perspectives and knowledge benefitting all people across these territories. So some of the questions Kemi hopes to answer alongside the community, and artists such as Charles Campbell, Justine Chambers, Joshua Ngenda and writer Angie Riley, to name a few, are:

Why is the act of gathering so important?

Where are the places where we can connect?

How do we connect our various communities?

What kinds of spaces do we need?

How do we learn about and support local Black presence and experiences?

Learn more about the e Program

The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria sits on the unceded and traditional territory of the Lkwungen-speaking peoples, today known as the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations, and WSÁNEĆ First Nations.

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