“Bending the Arrow of Time into a Circle” is a solo exhibition by the artist collective Black Quantum Futurism at Kunstverein Nürnberg — Albrecht Dürer Gesellschaft. In their work, artists Rasheedah Phillips and Camae Ayewa combine theory, poetry, music, and visual art with social engagement. Using Afrofuturist approaches, they create safe spaces for dialogue and visions centered on community, sustainability, and resilience. Through critical engagement with colonialism and racism, they imagine alternative futures in which marginalized communities can autonomously shape and connect technological, cultural, and social processes. Black Quantum Futurism fundamentally challenges the western concept of linear time and its demands for efficiency and productivity. Drawing on quantum physics, they dissolve the sequential structure of past, present, and future in favor of the simultaneity of various cyclical and subjective temporalities. Accordingly, “Bending the Arrow of Time into a Circle” explores different connections between time and space. Using locally-sourced mirrors, plants,…