Black Radical Imagination II: Screening, Talk, & Reception

Black Radical Imagination II: Screening, Talk, & Reception Tuesday, Feb. 10, 6:30-8:30pm Community Folk Art Center (CFAC) 805 East Genesee St., Syracuse, NY

Black Radical Imagination I & II is a two-part screening of experimental film and video curated byErin ChristovaleandAmir Georgeexploring the aesthetics of afro-futurism and afro-surrealism. Both programs feature different line-ups, and are followed by a discussion with the curators. The conversation following Black Radical Imagination II will also include artists Ephraim Asili and Lewis Vaughn.

This touring program has visited many prestigious academic institutions, cutting edge film festivals, and contemporary art venues. This event marks the first time this program has been screened in Central New York. Featured artists include Cauleen Smith, Jacolby Satterwhite, and Cristina de Middel (BRI I); and Terence Nance and Sanford Biggers, Lauren Kelley, and Jeannette Ehlers (BRI II), among others.

Erin Cristovale is a curator based in Los Angeles focusing on film/video within the African Diaspora. She graduated with a B.A. from the USC School of Cinematic Arts. Cristovales exhibition,a/wake in the water: Meditations on Disaster, iscurrently on view at the MoCADA Museum.She also works with the Native Thinghood collective, which promotes emerging artists of color.

Amir Georgeis a motion picture artist and film curator from Chicago. His video work and curated programs have been screened in festivals and galleries across the US, Canada, and Europe. In addition to founding The Cinema Culture, a grassroots film programming organization; Amir was founding programmer of Black Cinema House, a residential cinema space on Chicagos south side. Amir currently teaches and produces media with youth throughout Chicago.

Black Radical Imagination I & II is presented in conjunction with the exhibition of Jeannette Ehlers: Black Bullets at UVPs Everson Museum of Art venue and the exhibition of Cristina de Middels The Afronauts at CFAC. For more information and the complete program for each screening, please go tourbanvideoproject.com.

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