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What Is Afrofuturism? Part 12: The Mask As Technology
“Because the mask is your face, the face is a mask, so I’m thinking of the face as a mask because of the way I see faces is coming from an African vision of the mask which is the thing that we carry...
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Otherworldly Videos: Labrinth
Labrinth feat. Emili Sande – “Beneath Your Beautiful” Take off the masks of beautiful and perfect, I want to see what’s inside. I like the use of screen imagery in connection with the song lyrics....
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Modern Griots Review: Tunde Olaniran’s “The Second Transgression”
“Kill or Be Killed” Singer Tunde Olaniran continues his disorientation from the norm through his hybridizing of sounds, styles (ex. electronic, rock, afro-beat, house, hip-hop, pop), identities and...
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Art of This World: Risha Rox
This is from the Bombay Sapphire’s Artisan and Imagination Series. Artist Danny Simmons (brother of Russell and Joseph “Run” Simmons) speaks with several different artists about the work they do and...
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Modern Griots Reviews: Nick Cave’s Magical Horses in Heard.NY
As Ebony celebrated Katherine Dunham, Nick Cave was featuring dozens of Alvin Ailey dancers wearing 30 colorful horse “soundsuits” in his public performance piece at Grand Central station, HEARD•NY....
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The My-Stery: Revisiting The Mask as Technology
Several months ago, I wrote a post about the mask as technology, but after reading Louis Chude-Sokei’s essay about PT Barnum and Joice Heth, I want to think further about saying that the mask is...
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