An AfroFuturistic approach to Burlesque, Art, and Performance through the lens of local and traveling spectacular Black and Brown Artists.
What’s our Theme: "Wild Wild Warp"
Inspired by the classic "Wild Wild West" this Infinity Hour's theme centers around Cowboys in space, more specifically- Black Cowboys in space, a blend of Western classics (and the new) with Steampunk.
Traversing the lands and universes, discovering new Scientific and Spiritual portals, setting up shops, inviting neighboring planets to the Dimensional Relay Cookout, freely riding a horse down purple intergalactic plains, laughing joyfully in the local Tavern/Theatre and no one has to hide their joy...
So think Wild Wild West meets Harder They Fall meets Men in Black!!!
So come on down, or up, or out- don’t forget to tie your spaceships up next to the rodeo and meet us at The AllWays Lounge & Cabaret.
What is AfroFuturism?
The term "afrofuturism" was coined by Mark Dery in his 1994 essay, "Black to the Future." In the piece, the term is defined as "speculative fiction that treats African American themes and addresses African American concerns in the context of the twentieth century technoculture—and, more generally, African American signification that appropriates images of technology and a prosthetically enhanced future."
It's important to note that, although Dery's definition provided an official name for the work that Black writers and artists were doing within this genre, it does not define the full scope of where afrofuturism has been and where it's going. A more targeted and expansive definition by multi-hyphenated author Ytasha Womack best describes what afrofuturism is and how it functions.
"Afrofuturism is a way of looking at the future and alternate realities through a Black cultural lens. Black cultural lens means the people of the African continent in addition to the Diaspora, the Americas, Europe, etc. It is an artistic aesthetic, but also a kind of method of self-liberation or self-healing.
It can be part of critical race theory and in other respects its an epistemology as well. It intersects the imagination, technology, Black culture, liberation, and mysticism. An an artistic aesthetic it bridges literature, music, visual arts, film, and dance. As a mode of self-healing and self-liberation, it's the use of imagination that is most significant because it helps people to transform their circumstances. Imagining oneself in the future creates agency and it's significant because historically people of African descent were not always incorporated into many of the storylines about the future."
-https://libguides.pratt.edu/afrofuturism
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