Wondaland Mystery Reveal
Talent
Chuck Lightning has been integral to recent developments in musical Afrofuturism, behind the boards and, increasingly, in front of them. Lightning and his Morehouse College roommate Nate Wonder comprise the avant-funk duo Deep Cotton. Lightning and Wonder have produced music for Grammy...
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Janelle Monáe is a Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter, performer, and producer known for her unique style and groundbreaking sound. In 2010, Monáe released the highly anticipated and critically acclaimed “ArchAndroid,” which reached No. 17 on the Billboard Charts and earned...
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Greg Tate is a writer, musician and producer who lives in Harlem. From 1987-2005 he was a Staff Writer at The Village Voice. Tate's writings on culture and politics have also been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Artforum and Rolling Stone. He has been...
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Program Themes
Do androids dream of analog synths? Combining elements of science fiction, astral jazz, historical fiction, psychedelic hip hop, fantasy, and magic realism with non-Occidental cosmologies in order to critique not only the present-day dilemmas of the other, but also to revise, interrogate...
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Saturday May 21, 2016 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
The Armory