Visible Storytelling: Black Quantum Futurism
Black Quantum Futurism is a multidisciplinary collaboration between Camae Ayewa and Rasheedah Phillips, exploring the intersections of Afrofuturism, feminism, DIY aesthetics, and activism in marginalized communities through an alternative temporal lens.
Based in Philadelphia, Black Quantum Futurism has been focusing, in particular, on the impact of redevelopment, gentrification, and displacement in the Sharswood neighbourhood. In this video, Rasheedah Phillips discusses the strategies BQF adopt through workshops, pop-up events and an online archive of stories to help reverse gentrification and create conditions necessary for temporal autonomy and spatial agency.
Visible Storytelling is a project by Visible (Cittadellarte - Fondazione Pistoletto and Fondazione Zegna) curated by Carolina Lio. It aims to narrate some of the stories behind the projects in the Visible Archive, a platform that researches, produces and connects long-term socially engaged art projects, working with artists dealing with the urgencies of our times.
Visible Storytelling's videos are produced by Looking Forward. Looking Forward also curated the social media campaign associated with the project on Visible Instagram.