African Fractals … Self Organizing, Recursive Design Patterns In African Culture 

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Anni Albers, Study for Camino Real, 1967

#FilmmakerFriday | Frances Bodomo

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Twitter: @tobogganeer

Instagram: @tobogganeer​

Tell us about a project you’re currently working.

I’m currently working on my first feature film, based on my short film Afronauts (which premiered at Sundance and the Berlinale in 2014). It’s about a group of Zambians who, in the 1960s, attempted to make it to the moon in spite of their lack of access to the cutting-edge technology of the time.

I’m really proud of the short film because it’s the film that taught me artistic perseverance. It was really hard on my collaborators and myself to create a hot summer desert on a cold beach in New Jersey! We walked away from the shoot with barely enough to stitch a film together. Editing took months & included a lot of pensive breaks. My editor, the uber-talented Sara Shaw, and I went down many crazy paths to come to the one we picture-locked on. We were so sure and so unsure. We sent it out into the world knowing we had stuck to our guns, but not knowing what it would be in the eyes of others. It’s been an exhilarating, surprising ride ever since.

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Collages by: Jamilla Okubo

Shot and Directed by Sir Dex R. Jones

Garment Designs/Headpieces: Jamilla Okubo

Pattern Designs on Fabric: Jamilla Okubo

Model: Jamilla Okubo

This was a project for my final assignment, for my “Fashion, Illustration, & Performance” class at Parsons.. which could potentially become the start of my thesis for this year. The design process of these garments all started with two collages that I created with patterns that I made, then I decided to bring them to life by creating them into garments and wearing them myself. 

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Angola’s Wikipedia Pirates Are Exposing the Problems With Digital Colonialism

Angolans have found a clever way to share files using Wikipedia Zero and Facebook’s Free Basics, but what happens to the existing Wikipedia community?

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Brand: Ikiré Jones

Designer: Wale Oyejide

The Untold Renaissance - S/S 2014 Collection

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Kiluanji Kia Henda. Ngola Bar. 2006 Triptych on aluminium

‘There are two questions which are vital to the African context: the ability to write and know one’s own history, and the ability to plan one’s own future.’

Interview of Kenyan film writer/director Wanuri Kahiu, about “Africa and science fiction”, in reference to the sci-fi movie she wrote and directed: Pumzi, 2009 

This interview was part of the exhibition “Si ce monde vous déplaît” at the FRAC Lorraine, Metz (France), 2013.

Oulimata Gueye 

35 rhums (Claire Denis, 2008)

Accepting submissions for Afrofuturist Unconference, 10th October 2015! Guest Speakers always welcome - we are particularly reaching out to black animators, filmmakers and hackers who are interested in screening their work and leading workshops at our event. Send all enquiries to afrofutures.uk@gmail.com