Diasporic Dreams
Blackness is vast, containing an expansive range of cultures throughout the Continent and Diaspora. Within each of these cultures is the possibility of myriad futures. The creators who make work about a Black future have not been truly compromised by a split-self.
A veil has always just been a piece of clothing to shield them from the sun. What stories unfold from a unified sense of belonging, culture, and self? What does the future look like from a perspective of humanity unfettered by division but common goals centered in relationships? These creators provide us with a roadmap through the twisting sands of the uncertain future.
Installation Image by Roy Rochlin. Latimer/Edison Gallery, Schomburg Center