Black Quantum Futurism

Jan 23

Site: La Rose Room Cocktail Lounge + The Luminary

SLOWER-THAN-LIGHT SHRINE: IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD is a public monument and portal paying homage to liberation seekers who traversed the Underground Railroad in St. Louis, using the caves beneath the city on their path. The shrine honors the abolitionist movement and marronage of the Underground Railroad, and the resonance of the issues urgent in the present and relative future(s). The shrine is constructed in the image of a Kongo cosmogram as well as configurations related to quantum physics experiments with gates and archways drawn from demolished homes in St. Louis.

Community Futures: Space-Time Liberation Lab (CF:STL Lab) is a three-month-long Afrofuturist housing and land justice lab at The Luminary. CF:STL Lab will provide a temporary convening space-time for housing advocates, artists, organizers, tenants, and other people impacted by housing insecurity and land injustice and/or interested in co-creating strategies to address its impacts. With these projects, BQF invites community members to participate through the marking, mapping, and storage of space and time that can later be reclaimed.

PROGRAM INFO

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Date: Saturday, June 17, 2023, Time: 1-3PM, Site: The Luminary

Building Sustainable Futures: Solidarity Economies Visioning Session

Date: Saturday, June 17, 2023, Time: 1-3PM, Site: The Luminary

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In this workshop with Solidarity Economy STL at CF:STL Lab, we will invite participants to imagine what it would be like to live in a solidarity economy where all of the things a community needs–like housing, schools, farms and food production, local governance structures, art and culture, healthcare and healing, and transportation–are controlled and governed by everyday people. Through interactive discussions and visioning exercises, we will examine the potential for building these models and envision how solidarity economy principles can be applied to housing and other systems in our communities.

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Date: Saturday, June 17, 2023, Time: 1-3PM, Site: The Luminary

Date: Friday, June 16, 2023, Time: 6:00-8:00PM, Site: The Luminary

Confronting Housing Presence[s], Imagining Housing Futures

Date: Friday, June 16, 2023, Time: 6:00-8:00PM, Site: The Luminary

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Get ready to envision a future where housing in St. Louis is equitable and sustainable! Come join us for an immersive experience that blends engaging discussions, artful performances, captivating storytelling, and interactive activities to explore the past, present, and futures of housing in St. Louis - with an emphasis on historically marginalized communities most impacted by limited housing access, choice, and stability. We'll explore the interplay of race, class, and housing, and brainstorm ways to take action toward sustainable and just #housingfutures. Come expand your knowledge base, connect with your neighbors working toward housing justice, and help shape a more just and livable St. Louis.

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Date: Friday, June 16, 2023, Time: 6:00-8:00PM, Site: The Luminary

Date: Saturday, May 20, 2023, Time: 11:30AM-2:30PM, Site: The Luminary

Black Space Agency Movie Day

Date: Saturday, May 20, 2023, Time: 11:30AM-2:30PM, Site: The Luminary

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We invite you to join us for a screening of documentaries and short films that explore topics of Black space, time, housing, and land justice, from The Pruitt-Igoe Myth, to the Black Artists Group documentary, and short films such as Afronauts and an episode of Cosmic Slop called the Space Traders, based off of the short story by critical race theorist Derrick Bell. Light snacks and refreshments will be served.

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Date: Saturday, May 20, 2023, Time: 11:30AM-2:30PM, Site: The Luminary

Date: Friday, May 19, 2023, Time: 2-3:30PM, Site: The Luminary

Art and Housing Justice: New Models for Equitable Housing Futures

Date: Friday, May 19, 2023, Time: 2-3:30PM, Site: The Luminary

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Join StL Art Place and Dutchtown South Community Corporation at CF: STL Lab for a dynamic workshop that focuses on community-centered solutions for equitable development, housing stability, and neighborhood vitality, using strategies into the intersection of art and housing justice.

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Date: Friday, May 19, 2023, Time: 2-3:30PM, Site: The Luminary

Date: Monday, April 17th, 2023, Time: 2-3:30PM, Site: The Luminary

Fair Housing Futures in STL: Using Fair Housing Policies to Advance Housing Justice

Date: Monday, April 17th, 2023, Time: 2-3:30PM, Site: The Luminary

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Please join The Luminary for Fair Housing Futures in STL: Using Fair Housing Policies to Advance Housing Justice, the first of six programs hosted by Black Quantum Futurism in conjunction with their Summer Exhibition — Community Futures: Space Time Liberation Lab.

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Date: Monday, April 17th, 2023, Time: 2-3:30PM, Site: The Luminary

Date: Sunday, April 16, 2023, TIME: 10AM-6PM, SITE: Pulitzer Arts Foundation

Roundtable Discussions + Conversations

Date: Sunday, April 16, 2023, TIME: 10AM-6PM, SITE: Pulitzer Arts Foundation

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A day of discussions with the Counterpublic curatorial ensemble and artists, hosted by the Pulitzer Arts Foundation.

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Date: Sunday, April 16, 2023, TIME: 10AM-6PM, SITE: Pulitzer Arts Foundation

DATE: SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 2023, TIME: 6-9PM, Site: The Luminary

Black Quantum Futurism: Community Futures: Space-Time Liberation Lab, Opening Reception

DATE: SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 2023, TIME: 6-9PM, Site: The Luminary

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Join us at the Luminary for Black Quantum Futurism: Community Futures: Space-Time Liberation Lab (CF:STL Lab), an Afrofuturist housing and land justice lab.

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DATE: SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 2023, TIME: 6-9PM, Site: The Luminary

About THE ARTIST

Black Quantum Futurism is a multidisciplinary collaboration between Camae Ayewa and Rasheedah Phillips exploring the intersections of futurism, creative media, DIY-aesthetics, and activism in marginalized communities through an alternative temporal lens. For Counterpublic 2023, Black Quantum Futurism’s overall framework Space-Time Liberation (STL) explores tools and mechanisms for how residents and community members of St. Louis can reclaim land, space, time, and memory in their neighborhoods, and the pathways for repair and justice that are both forward-reaching and backward-reaching simultaneously.