Afrofuturism
a new vision of the future.
Osborne Macharia
My favorite ! Osborne Macharia is a self-taught photographer born and raised in Nairobi, Kenya. He defines Afrofuturism as : “An artistic repurpose of the post-colonial African narrative through integrating historical elements, present culture and future aspirations of people of colour by using Narrative, Fantasy and Fiction to re-imagine a new Africa.”
Check out his website to dig a bit more into his projects here.
Ruth E Carter
Black Panther is one of the main figure of the Afrofuturism movement. Ruth E Carter did an amazing job on the costume design for the last Black Panther movie from Ryan Cooglar. I already mentioned her work in one of my articles. She even won a Beazley award for her designs.
Willyverse
William Ukoh, also known as Willyverse, is a Toronto-based photographer approaching Afrofuturism with a more authentic touch.
Cristina De Middel
This Spanish documentary photographer and artist self-published The Afronauts in 2012, a photobook about the short-lived Zambian space program in Southern Africa. Read more here.
Medina Dugger
Medina Dugger is an art photographer from California, based in Lagos, Nigeria. Her colorful work focuses on themes both contemporary and timeless playing with the codes of African culture. Check her out here.
Manzel Bowman
The artist uses collage to create mythological sculpture from an “ancient future” inspired by African culture and heritage. She really aims to remind African people about the richness of their culture and history through futuristic figures.
Colour Palette
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Broken Nature
An amazing exhibition at the Triennale in Milan gathering all the game changing projects tackling our future on the planet.
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