Mondrian painting has been hanging upside down for 75 years
https://memora8ilia.com/index.php/2022/10/28/mondrian-painting-has-been-hanging-upside-down-for/
❝ Myth, science fiction, spiritual traditions and the legacy of Afrofuturism are all sampled, reimagined and recontextualised in In the Black Fantastic. … While some artists disrupt our understanding of the past, others invite us to imagine fantastical futures. In this exhibition, fantasy becomes a zone of creative and cultural liberation and a means of addressing racism and social injustice by conjuring new ways of being in the world.“ *
https://memora8ilia.com/index.php/2022/09/19/myth-science-fiction-spiritual-traditions-and/
Above, via The New York Times, is a photo of Tau Lewis’s “Vena Cava” on display at the 59th International Venice Biennale Arte.
Below, a fantastic video tour of the Biennale:
https://memora8ilia.com/index.php/2022/04/30/above-via-the-new-york-times-is-a-photo-of-tau/
❝ Science fiction, posthumanism and Afrofuturism are at the heart of Congolese artist Sandra Mujinga’s work. At Arsenale, Mujinga’s “Sentinels of Change” (2021) presents a neon green saturated environment—powerful and almost disturbing—with ghostly figures standing throughout. These human-esque forms (made from recycled materials) cast an eerie, otherworldly mood throughout the room. ❞ *
https://memora8ilia.com/index.php/2022/04/23/science-fiction-posthumanism-and-afrofuturism/