Afrofuturism and Monumentalizing Black Presence, with Quentin VerCetty
#WeMakeMedia
a podcast about how the culture we produce shapes media and how that goes both ways.
#WeMakeMedia Season 1: making art in the age of the internet
Episode 5
In this episode, I talk with Afrofuturist Quentin VerCetty about making techno-fossils and augmented reality monuments that mark the presence of Black people across the Canadian landscape as well as space and time.
Quentin Vercetty - www.vercetty.com
Quentin on Instagram - @keepgrowingq
Currently based in Quebec, Canada, Quentin VerCetty is an award winning visual storyteller, art educator and graduate of OCAD University. His work uses speculative narratives like Afrofuturism to address issues of representation, immigration, decolonization, and the lack of (what he calls) PDAA (Public display of Appreciation for Africa(ns). Quentin has featured work on every continent in places like Mexico, Haiti, Peru, Australia, United Arab Empire and Germany to name a few. His passion for artivism, using art as a tool for social change, lead to starting the Canadian chapter of the Black Speculative Arts Movement (BSAMCanada) in Toronto, 2016 and has since then continue to spread it across the nation. Through his work he hopes to engage minds and inspire hearts to help to make the world a better place not only for today but for many tomorrows to come.
SHOW NOTES:
Quentin Vercetty - https://www.vercetty.com/
What is Afrofuturism and how can it change the world? By Sadof Alexander - https://www.one.org/us/blog/afrofuturism-change-the-world/
What is Kimetic Yoga - https://www.kemeticyoga.com/what-is-kemetic-yoga
Artivism - KRS1 - monologues / education /April 9, 2017
https://artivist.co.nz/subrosa/2017/4/9/krs1-monologues-education
Iconoclast: Dave Chappelle + Maya Angelou [Full Episode] - https://youtu.be/okc6COsgzoE
Winston Churchill - Churchill Stirs Controversy in Toronto https://winstonchurchill.org/publications/churchill-bulletin/bulletin-073-jul-2014/churchill-statue-controversy-toronto/
Cornwallis - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Edward_Cornwallis
Jon A McDonald - John A. Macdonald statue removed from Victoria City Hall to cheers and jeers - https://globalnews.ca/news/4382987/john-a-macdonald-statue-victoria/
Thanos - wikipedia page
https://marvelcinematicuniverse.fandom.com/wiki/Thanos
Avengers: Endgame - trailer - https://youtu.be/TcMBFSGVi1c
Monument Lab Transnational Fellows - https://monumentlab.com/bulletin/announcing-the-2020-monument-lab-transnational-fellows
Mathieu Da Costa
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/mathieu-da-costa
https://www.cbc.ca/kidscbc2/the-feed/the-first-person-of-african-heritage-to-arrive-in-canada
Rastafarian term “grounding” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rastafari#Grounding
Saint Mathieu Street in Montreal - https://imtl.org/montreal/rue_montreal.php?rue=Saint-Mathieu
Joshua Glover - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Glover
Request for Proposals: Memorial to Joshua Glover Permanent Public Art, City of Toronto - https://akimbo.ca/listings/request-for-proposals-memorial-to-joshua-glover-permanent-public-art-city-of-toronto/
The Honourable Jean Augustine, P.C., C.M., O.Ont, C.B.E.
http://www.jeanaugustine.ca/jean-augustine-bio/
New Monuments for New Cities Public Art Tour with Sally Han – June 18 - An ongoing series of onsite tours exploring selected works in the public art exhibition, New Monuments for New Cities - https://www.thebentway.ca/event/monuments-for-new-cities-public-art-tour-june-18/
History of the Gadner express way and Frederick Gardner - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gardiner_Expressway
Marie-Joseph Angélique - https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/marie-joseph-angelique
Unreal Engine software - https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/
Cinema 4D - https://www.maxon.net/en-us/products/cinema-4d/overview/
Z-brush - https://zbrushcore.com/
3D scanning structure sensor - https://structure.io/
linda.com - https://www.lynda.com/
PPI vs. DPI: what’s the difference?
Pixels per inch vs dot per inch - https://99designs.ca/blog/tips/ppi-vs-dpi-whats-the-difference/
Deviant art
Sketchfab - https://sketchfab.com/
Sun Ra- http://www.sunraarkestra.com/
German Influence on the Scholarship of W. E. B. DuBois - https://www.jstor.org/stable/273098?seq=1
W.E.B. Dubois’ Afrofuturistic short story ‘The Comet’ withstands the test of time -
https://blackgirlnerds.com/web-dubois-afrofuturistic-the-comet-withstands-time/