In Conversation: Wangechi Mutu and Nora Chipaumire

In Conversation: Wangechi Mutu and Nora Chipaumire

Brooklyn Museum 

Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art

Thursday, November 21, 7pm

Nora Chipaumire
after winning 2008 Bessie Award for Choreography
(c)2008, Eva Yaa Asantewaa

Wangechi Mutu in her Brooklyn studio, 2012.
Image courtesy of Wangechi Mutu
Photo: Kathryn Parker Almanas

Join artist Wangechi Mutu and dancer-choreographer Nora Chipaumire as they meet at the intersection of visual art and performance. 

moderated by Performa’s Adrienne Edwards

presented in conjunction with the Performa 13 biennial

Brooklyn Museum

200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn

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Afrofuturism: Black to the future!

[BLACK ALT] What Is Afrofuturism?
Has Janelle Monae become the poster girl to a movement that started way back with Octavia Butler, Samuel Delaney and Lt. Uhura?
by Michael A. Gonzales, Ebony, October 1, 2013

See also:

Black in the future 
Announcement of Studio Museum in Harlem's Afrofuturism exhibition, The Shadows Took Shape (Nov 14, 2013 - Mar 9, 2014)
InfiniteBody, July 10, 2013

Ishmael Houston-Jones launches "Parallels"

Audio: 2:56

Here's a brief report on last night's launch of Parallels, the latest Danspace Project platform. The series opened with a fascinating evening of conversation featuring Parallels curator--dancer-choreographer Ishmael Houston-Jones--with Kenya-born artist Wangechi Mutu and Thomas J. Lax at the Studio Museum in Harlem.

For complete information about Danspace Project and Parallels, click here.