Upcoming Events

Black Quantum Futurism: CPT Reversal
Los Angeles
Nov 06, 2021, 2:00 PM – Mar 05, 2022, 6:00 PM
Los Angeles, 631 W 2nd St, Los Angeles, CA 90012, USA
Exhibition at REDCAT Gallery at CALArts in Los Angeles
Ancestors returning again / this time only to themselves Exhibition Opening (1)
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Sep 01, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Hatfield House, N 33rd St, Philadelphia, PA 19130, USA
Experience a site-specific art installation by Black Quantum Futurism at the historic Hatfield House with the debut of "Write No History" short film https://myphillypark.org/event/ancestors-hatfield/
Community Futures Zine Brunch
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Aug 28, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT
Philadelphia, N 33rd St, Philadelphia, PA 19130, USA
BQF's zine brunch and performances on the lawn of The Hatfield House as part of the Ancestors returning again/ exhibition
Ancestors returning again / this time only to themselves Exhibition Opening
Hatfield House
Aug 14, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Hatfield House, N 33rd St, Philadelphia, PA 19130, USA
Experience a site-specific art installation by Black Quantum Futurism at the historic Hatfield House with the debut of "Write No History" short film
Staying Power
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Jul 12, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Village of Arts & Humanities, 2544 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19133, USA
https://monumentlab.com/projects/staying-power
Staying Power – Performance Festival
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Jun 12, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Village Arts, 2544 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19133, USA
Altered-Worlds: Black Utopia and The Age of Acceleration - Live Arts Symposium
https://newyorklivearts.org/event/altered-w
May 14, 3:40 PM
https://newyorklivearts.org/event/altered-w
A day-long symposium on Black Speculative Art at the intersection of accelerating technological innovation, climate change, a rising tide of neo-fascism, ethnic tension, and more
Talk + Short Films: Like Clockwork: Material Cultures of Time within Black Communities
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Mar 16, 2:00 PM GMT
Online
"Like Clockwork: Material Cultures of Time within Black Communities," Temporal Belongings Conference 2021: Material Life of Time (March 16, 2021)
Local MeanTime: Unpacking Systemic Racism in the Music Industry
Zoom
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Feb 28, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Zoom
A discussion on identifying systemic anti-Black racism in the music industry, highlighting lived experiences, and forecasting/backcasting the future(s).
Local MeanTime: Black Grandmother Paradoxes x Out of Line Timelines
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Feb 27, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Zoom
A lecture-workshop on Black Timescapes, Time Travel + Temporal Displacement
Time & Memory in Sharswood: Community Histories + Futures (Local Mean Time)
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Feb 23, 6:30 PM – 8:15 PM
https://futureslab.community
Join us for a discussion on Sharswood’s history, ways to get involved in preserving its' memories and legacies, working together to co-create Sharswood's future.
Communication After Refusal: The Turn to Love and Polyvocality
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Feb 22, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
VLC Webinar
On the occasion of the publication of Blackspace: On the Poetics of an Afrofuture, a book of essays on the ways Black digital media artists have pursued liberation since the 1960s, join artists in conversation with author Anaïs Duplan, artist Deanna Bowen and VLC Fellow Rasheedah Phillips.
Local Mean Time: Black SciFi Happy Hour
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Feb 21, 5:30 PM – 7:15 PM
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Black scifi and spec fic readings and soundscapes - watch event here: https://youtu.be/PPH_rIr6kdU
Local MeanTime: “Writing in the Atemporal Zone” Poetry Workshop w/ Camae Ayewa
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Feb 16, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM EST
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An evening of discussion and workshopping of new work