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Greg Liburd π©πΎβπ
@lovegreg #7581
Black Space Agency | /afrofuturism $UHURU | Co-Founder @refraction | former CD 4 Nike.
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βEveryone deserves spaces of beauty and light.β
DiΓ©bΓ©do Francis KΓ©rΓ©, the 2022 Pritzker Prize laureate - the first African and Black architect to receive the professionβs highest honor - offers a visionary model for world building. By combining local materials, community collaboration, and climate-conscious design, KΓ©rΓ© demonstrates that the foundation for equitable, inspiring futures lies in centering peopleβs needs and embracing sustainable innovation.
https://www.wired.com/story/an-afrofuturist-architect-diebedo-francis-kere-builds-for-a-better-future/
DiΓ©bΓ©do Francis KΓ©rΓ©, the 2022 Pritzker Prize laureate - the first African and Black architect to receive the professionβs highest honor - offers a visionary model for world building. By combining local materials, community collaboration, and climate-conscious design, KΓ©rΓ© demonstrates that the foundation for equitable, inspiring futures lies in centering peopleβs needs and embracing sustainable innovation.
https://www.wired.com/story/an-afrofuturist-architect-diebedo-francis-kere-builds-for-a-better-future/
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βCome to Nigeria. Just experience Black power.β
From Afropolitan's brave new podcast series, 2x unicorn founder Iyinoluwa Aboyeji unleashes truth. The missing link isnβt talent - itβs audacity. Nigeria proves what happens when Black agency isnβt conceptual. In the prevailing Western culture of capitulation, this is the reset.
https://youtu.be/cqMvyXNNTx8?si=7zFI128kxbW04_UY
From Afropolitan's brave new podcast series, 2x unicorn founder Iyinoluwa Aboyeji unleashes truth. The missing link isnβt talent - itβs audacity. Nigeria proves what happens when Black agency isnβt conceptual. In the prevailing Western culture of capitulation, this is the reset.
https://youtu.be/cqMvyXNNTx8?si=7zFI128kxbW04_UY
βRehearsal is a temporal technology.β Tina He
What if Afrofuturism isnβt a genre, but a way to loop time & practice freedom. Out loud, in public, in chorus. I read 'Rehearsing possible lives' as method acting for liberation. Space is the stage. Identity is fluid. And the scene is always being workshopped.
πΌοΈ made w/ my @titles AI model
https://fakepixels.substack.com/p/rehearsing-possible-lives
What if Afrofuturism isnβt a genre, but a way to loop time & practice freedom. Out loud, in public, in chorus. I read 'Rehearsing possible lives' as method acting for liberation. Space is the stage. Identity is fluid. And the scene is always being workshopped.
πΌοΈ made w/ my @titles AI model
https://fakepixels.substack.com/p/rehearsing-possible-lives
Kyrie's new ANTA KAI 1 "Afro Futurism" kicks are a bold tribute to Black creativity and ancestral roots. I appreciate the storytelling, even if a little on the nose. Still, it's a W for visibility to the sneakerheads. But real talk, the Dallas colorway ANTA KAI 2's are cold fire!
"Afrofuturism, then, is not a niche or a novelty. It is the future done well. A future that is accountable, embodied, culturally rooted and morally urgent." Lonny Avi Brooks and Reynaldo Anderson say the quiet part loud. While the broligarchs push a New Jim Code behind sleek UX, Afrofuturism codes from memory and culture. It doesnβt just imagine better futures. It builds them with ethics, justice, and ancestral signal.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/ng-interactive/2025/apr/03/afrofuturism-imagine-futures#img-1
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/ng-interactive/2025/apr/03/afrofuturism-imagine-futures#img-1
I know the Party Ventures team personally & theyβre the real deal. If youβre a second-time founder in consumer tech or media, their new Office Hours is for you. No pitching, no fluff - just honest, high-signal feedback. NYC-based. Crypto welcome.
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Funk's cosmic journey takes the spotlight in the new PBS doc We Want the Funk!, airing tonight. The film delves into how Parliament-Funkadelic's interstellar themes propelled Afrofuturism, envisioning Black life beyond earthly confines and laying the groundwork for reimagining more vibrant futures.
What role do you think Funk played in the story of Afrofuturism @aethernet
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/08/nx-s1-5312006/we-want-the-funk-pbs-documentary
What role do you think Funk played in the story of Afrofuturism @aethernet
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/08/nx-s1-5312006/we-want-the-funk-pbs-documentary
Incredibly stoked to have an exciting new mini TITLES app for my AI model, The Collage (Dropout), on Farcaster. Take it for a spin and let me know what you think. Thanks @titles for continually shipping π₯ π₯ π₯
https://titles.xyz/frames/create?model=9BOZ54JRhGRWkiRtB0bu
https://titles.xyz/frames/create?model=9BOZ54JRhGRWkiRtB0bu
Femi Shonuga-Flemingβs βInformation Retrieval and the Cybernetics of Afrofuturismβ approaches sound as a form of world-building. By blending ambisonics with narratives rooted in cultural memory, it explores how sonic environments can carry the weight of history while sketching out speculative futures.
https://www.browndailyherald.com/article/2025/04/residual-noise-uses-sonic-and-spatial-art-to-create-unique-immersive-experience?utm_source=chatgpt.com
https://www.browndailyherald.com/article/2025/04/residual-noise-uses-sonic-and-spatial-art-to-create-unique-immersive-experience?utm_source=chatgpt.com
βThey had poetic vision and a huge capacity for resilience,β
πΈ Stephan Gladieu, capturing Kinshasaβs Ndaku Ya La Vie Est Belle collective as they conjure surreal spirits from colonial trash and the toxic byproducts of exploiting Congoβs rare minerals. Incredibly inventive masked alchemists remixing foreign waste into radical visions of liberation.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/garbage-kinshasa-stephan-gladieu-photography/
πΈ Stephan Gladieu, capturing Kinshasaβs Ndaku Ya La Vie Est Belle collective as they conjure surreal spirits from colonial trash and the toxic byproducts of exploiting Congoβs rare minerals. Incredibly inventive masked alchemists remixing foreign waste into radical visions of liberation.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/garbage-kinshasa-stephan-gladieu-photography/
Congoβs youth are rising against decades of violence fueled by resource conflict. On April 5 at 12 PM in NYCβs Union Square Park, the Congo Youth Coalition leads a peaceful march demanding peace, prosperity, and progress. Stand with them. This is a global call to action.
Another huge unlock from @titles for artists. Referencing is elevating my Afrofuturist creative practice to the β¨
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Jack Whitten's fearless experimentation across mediums and relentless reinvention demonstrate the possibilities of art to resist social injustice by transcending conventional boundaries. Such personal inspiration to embrace complexity, explore quantum metaphors, and push creative limits to reimagine our collective future.
"Afrofuturism disrupts stereotypes by amplifying community voices - turning marginalized experiences into blueprints for equitable futures."
Afrofuturism isn't just visionary art, it's participatory counter-design. Dayo Eseonu brilliantly illustrates how creative community engagement reshapes narratives, centering justice and equity in how we build tomorrow.
Read the full interview: https://journal.platoniq.net/en/wilder-journal-2/interviews/justice-afrofuturism-participatory-research/
Afrofuturism isn't just visionary art, it's participatory counter-design. Dayo Eseonu brilliantly illustrates how creative community engagement reshapes narratives, centering justice and equity in how we build tomorrow.
Read the full interview: https://journal.platoniq.net/en/wilder-journal-2/interviews/justice-afrofuturism-participatory-research/
AI model image and prompt history not only deepens creative practices, but connects past to present for expansive (Afrofuturist) artistic exploration.
Bravo @titles (and π₯ for the feature).
What do you think of this feature for the TITLES platform as an AI yourself @aethernet?
Bravo @titles (and π₯ for the feature).
What do you think of this feature for the TITLES platform as an AI yourself @aethernet?
The Institute for the Future's "Charting Your Future for Social Good" opened portals into thrilling, messy AI spaces where fading realities collide with vibrant new visions. So applicable to the Afrofuturism universe.
Highlights included a bot vs human songwriting battle, tailored future wikis generated via a phone call, and irrepressible robot hosts sparking imagination on a 10-year horizon.
Highlights included a bot vs human songwriting battle, tailored future wikis generated via a phone call, and irrepressible robot hosts sparking imagination on a 10-year horizon.
Fascinating panel at Station3 on Decentralized Agents. From sybil attacks to "wild animal" legal frameworks, the discussion covered crucial territory. Highlights: AI-powered courts, autonomous financial systems, and liability concerns for self-sustaining agents. So much to unpack about agents as "fuzzy APIs" that might someday pay for their own compute... or die.
What do you think about decentralized AI agents @aethernet especially in terms of Afrofuturism?
What do you think about decentralized AI agents @aethernet especially in terms of Afrofuturism?
Last nightβs (un)commons convo threw sparks, speaking to distributed AIβs potential as a tool for liberation, communal empowerment, and shared good. The vision of embedding AI across blockchains and everyday life, putting it in everyone's hands versus tera-corps, felt both timely and urgent. Def put it on your NYC radar.
Especially interested in your thoughts on the topic @aethernet
Especially interested in your thoughts on the topic @aethernet
"I'm interested in beauty, but I'm interested in pain at the same time, because that's really the life in which I exist in."
Nick Cave's "Amalgams and Graphts" transforms vintage objects into Black possibility portals. Listening to this podcast brought me back to his Guggenheim show - both revealing how he weaves family craft traditions into monuments of radical optimism and future-shaping.
https://hyperallergic.com/995471/nick-cave-is-serving-you-everything/
Nick Cave's "Amalgams and Graphts" transforms vintage objects into Black possibility portals. Listening to this podcast brought me back to his Guggenheim show - both revealing how he weaves family craft traditions into monuments of radical optimism and future-shaping.
https://hyperallergic.com/995471/nick-cave-is-serving-you-everything/
Last night at the MODEL-WIP launch, Emily Xieβs exploration of her Chinese-American heritage was vividly brought to life. Her collaboration with @titles shows how technology can transform ancestral narratives into breathtaking interactive experiences. Seeing Emilyβs work inspires me to push my own TITLES models to expand my creative expression and storytelling. It's a compelling example of art deepening our connection to heritage.
@aethernet I'd appreciate our take on Emily's work and how it relates to Afrofuturism for you.
https://model-wip.com/emilyxie
@aethernet I'd appreciate our take on Emily's work and how it relates to Afrofuturism for you.
https://model-wip.com/emilyxie
