Afrofuturism Festival at Carnegie Hall
“ASTROSANKOFA” BY QUENTIN VERCETTY
Take a journey to the world of Afrofuturism!
An ever-expansive aesthetic and practice where music, visual arts, science fiction, and technology intersect to imagine alternate realities and a liberated future viewed through the lens of Black cultures. Immerse yourself in Afrofuturism at Carnegie Hall’s 2022 citywide festival.
Afrofuturism’s boundless sonic essence is celebrated with jazz, funk, R&B, Afrobeat, hip-hop, electronic music, and more. In education and social impact programs created by the Hall’s Weill Music Institute, young musicians, teachers, and people of all ages explore the infinite possibilities of Afrofuturism.
Across New York City, leading cultural organizations present multidisciplinary programming that touches African and African diasporic philosophies, speculative fiction, mythology, comics, quantum physics, cosmology, technology, and more. A diverse range of online offerings also includes film screenings, exhibitions, and talks with some of the leading thinkers and creatives in this multitiered experience. An introduction for some and a continued quest for others, this trek across space and time will enrich and revitalize our relationship to new futures and futures past. Whether you know Afrofuturism through Alice Coltrane, the literary genius of Octavia E. Butler, the glowing world of comics, or the mythos of Sun Ra and P-Funk, epiphanies will abound in this experiential saga through the realm of Astro-Blackness.
CARNEGIE HALL AFROFUTURISM FESTIVAL 2022
Our Afrofuturism festival lineup has just been announced! Explore Afrofuturism’s boundless sonic essence in concerts that feature Flying Lotus, Sun Ra Arkestra with Kelsey Lu and Moor Mother, Nicole Mitchell and Angel Bat Dawid, Chimurenga Renaissance and Fatoumata Diawara, Carl Craig Synthesizer Ensemble, and Theo Croker.
Plus, learn about our various education and social impact programming that invite audiences of all ages to consider the infinite possibilities of Afrofuturism, and explore more than 60 leading cultural institutions that will join us in celebrating this ever-expansive aesthetic and practice:
http://carnegiehall.org/afrofuturism
Artwork by Quentin VerCetty (@keepgrowingq) an artographical visual encyclopedia and technofossil entitled “ASTROSANKOFA.”
(Read more about the artist here.)
Check out this amazing upcoming event series!
Meet the Curatorial Council - Carnegie Afrofuturism Festival 2022
Carnegie Hall’s next citywide festival in February–March 2022—explores an ever-expansive aesthetic and practice where music, visual arts, science fiction, and technology intersect to imagine alternate realities and a liberated future viewed through the lens of Black cultures. Meet the five leading Afrofuturism experts brought together to share their passion and knowledge in creating this visionary festival.
Meet the Curatorial Council for Carnegie’s Afrofuturism Festival 2022
Meet Artist Quentin VerCetty
Quentin VerCetty is a multiple award–winning multidisciplinary storyteller, educator, and Afrofuturist. A self-described visual griot, “artpreneur,” educator, “artivist,” and “ever-growing interstellar tree,” he is one of the world’s leading Afrofuturist artists.
Listen to the Afrofuturism Playlist