Black {Gendered} Space Time: From The Heavens to Outer Space

This lecture takes roots/routes from Black Futurism via the lens of Black Gendered Space Time to explore the artistic and cultural works of Janelle Monae and Missy Elliot. We will orbit around the writings of the Jamaican cultural theorists Sylvia Wynter and the Philadelphian collective ‘Black Quantum Futurism’ by understanding how Monae and Elliot’s (and others) works critiques the patriarchal and racist conception of ‘the human’ and western ‘mechanical-clock-time.’ We will travel through the works of Monae, Elliot and an array of other artists (like Juliana Huxtable) who all reconfigure Black gendered bodies by embodying non-human identities such as androids, cyborgs, aliens and ethereal beings that explores speculative fiction, space and time travel to re-imagine more equitable societies.

This lecture is perfect for the dreamers, time travellers, thinkers and those from other realities and realms.

We are committed to making our sessions as accessible as possible. If you are unable to pay the full amount for this class, please reach out to us via email at [email protected] and we will provide you with a discount code.