RWA Weekly Roundup #0017

Black Futures

Good Day To You Everyone,

It’s another RWA Weekly Roundup. We are at #17 this week and #13 on the podcast. This week I returned to solo shows on RWA Podcast, it’s a very short but sweet episode.

I talk about preparation and how it should be the takeaway from what we all felt during the pandemic. We should use a preparedness strategy in response to rising food and gas prices. I think everything is just going to get more expensive.

Listen to the episode here:

I am applying for a grant and have been writing this entire month trying to express who I am as a person and, what’s important to me as an artist. Through this process, I’ve been able to develop words to capture the spirit of what I’m working on. Out of this came the definition of the theme of ‘Black Futures’ that permeates my work.

Black Futures is the study of black individuals, brands & identities moving black culture forward.

Every interview I’ve done has been with a black person who is demonstrating artfulness and an effervescent way of life that I believe exemplifies where black culture is headed.

As a part of the development of my “tv channel,” I am researching and studying individuals from all time that also contribute forward-thinking work that inspires a Black Future.

This idea of Black Futures is a big part of what I do.

If you want to see something cool, check out this link where I explore punk, blackness & futurism

In My Orbit This Week

FARREN @FUCCl

i ran out of sunscreen and out of nowhere i see a supergoop bottle on my night stand and it’s full. i just know God did it.

Tori Nicks 2.0 🛰 @MajestyRia

I was an athlete for half of my life & i know for a fact body type doesn’t speak to ability. I seen big people run faster than slim people in track n field. I’ve seen short people dunk. I know skinny people who are stiff & out of shape & fat people who are flexible & in shape.

BIYDIY @MatthewBIYDIY

US LIVING AS WE DO, UPSIDE DOWN

Nai Nai @Naiik47

i been feeling free as hell since i accepted that i am not in control of other peoples actions. ain’t shit i could’ve done differently to create a happier outcome. people are who they are

Rachel Seville Tashjian @theprophetpizza

"the way something appears or makes you feel no longer matters so much, and images have been so hollowed out by escalating repetition, so debased, that an utterly tasteless image can become extremely valuable in ways that can hardly be comprehended"

spikeartmagazine.comThe Downward Spiral: Taste, Figures, ImagesSome years ago, I went out with some friends to Trisha’s, a basement bar in Soho in London, and after a few drinks a stylist, quite austere, softly spoken, leant over to me and asked quietly, “Do all the bad designers, know that they’re bad?” That’s a question I’ve often wondered myself. And today i…

Thats all I’ve got for you this week!

See yall next week

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