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#ArtistStatement: “‘Black Mirror’ is an expe

#ArtistStatement: “‘Black Mirror’ is an experimental short documentary that delves into the identity of black youth in America and what it means. This film attempts to explore this by looking at black bodies in relation to black voices, viewing the black body as an instrument, and emphasizing the themes of black youth, social injustice, memory, and ignored historical tragedies.” –Kia Pooler, director of “Black Mirror” (2020)

Join #liquidblackness on THURSDAY, JULY 16 @ 7PM for AMPLIFY, a curated series showcasing emerging radical cinematic aesthetics which advocate, protest, reflect, heal, empower, affirm, uplift, and cultivate community. Screenings and conversations with films by Georgia State students Kia Pooler, Josh Cleveland, and Amir Mubarak will stream on the liquid blackness YouTube channel and Facebook page.

Kia Pooler is a filmmaker and photographer based in Atlanta. She has photographed and directed several short films including “I am,” “Freedom Time,” “The Angry Black Woman,” “Vulnerability,” and “I Am Not What You Think.” Her recent film, “Black Mirror,” has been showcased at several film festivals.

Image credit: Film still from "Black Mirror" (2020), courtesy of director Kia Pooler.

#AMPLIFY #RadicalCinematicAesthetics #BlackCinema #BlackFilmmakers #BlackStorytellers #Atlanta #Screening #Scholarship #Community @gsuarts @gsufilmmediatheatre @kiapooler

liquid blackness presents Amplify One, a screenin

liquid blackness presents

Amplify One, a screening & conversation with films by Georgia State students Kia Pooler, Josh Cleveland, and Amir Mubarak.

Moderated by Sade Lythcott, CEO of The National Black Theatre Institute of Action Arts in Harlem USA.

A curated conversation series centered in films and writings, Amplify showcases emerging radical cinematic aesthetics which advocate, protest, reflect, heal, empower, affirm, uplift and cultivate community. Responding to our students’ voices and works, AMPLIFY seeks to foster artistic and critical dialog around systemic anti-Blackness as a place for the articulation of liberatory demands.

Amplify: media arts for collective strength, is an expression of the collective work of Prof. Susan-Sojourna Collier, Prof. Aggie Ebrahimi Bazaz, Dr. Jade Petermon, Dr. Alessandra Raengo, Karin Smoot, and Matt Rowles (COTA Tech).

JULY 16 @ 7PM on Zoom and streaming on the liquid blackness YouTube channel and Facebook page.

Link in bio. for more info.

#Amplify #liquidblackness #RadicalCinematicAesthetics #Screening #Atlanta #Scholarship @gsuarts @gsufilmmediatheatre Image credit: Liv Fallon

#CallForPapers: The editorial board for "liquid bl

#CallForPapers: The editorial board for "liquid blackness: journal of aesthetics and black studies" welcomes submissions for an upcoming issue on "aesthetics" to be published in spring 2022.

We turn to the concept of "aesthetics" to explore its radical potential for #BlackStudies. We are inspired by #FredMoten's posing of black #aesthetic sociality as a problem for #ontology, and appositional to #epistemology and #phenomenology. Moten's insistence on the irreducible vitality of black sociality has been both inspirational and aspirational to the theoretical foundation, the ethics, and the praxis that sustain this journal.

We invite contributions that engage with, and might enrich, the #theoretical, #methodological, and #artistic archives mobilized in Moten's work, or conversely express skepticism and offer criticism.

Additionally, we take this opportunity to explore the expansive possibilities of "aesthetic thinking" broadly conceived, and investigate who can do #theory, how theory can be done, and what a Black #aesthetic object is.

Submissions are due by October 1. For additional details and instructions, read the complete #CFP on our website. 🔗 Link in bio.
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"liquid blackness: journal of aesthetics and black studies" will join the publishing lineup of @dukeuniversitypress in spring 2021, debuting with two foundational issues devoted to "liquidity" and "blackness" scheduled for that year, to be followed by the issue on "aesthetics" in spring 2022.

Image: Yanique Norman, "Fatherlessness 1" (2010). Graphite, collage, and gouache on paper, 20" x 30". Photo credit: Mike Jensen.

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