Futuristic Ancestry: Warping Matter and Space-time(s)

Fotografiska New York
281 Park Ave South
Through a multi-sensory video experience, biomorphic sculptures, and photomontages printed on plexiglass and aluminum, this exhibition explores the artist’s deep interest and research into African mythology, biological processes, science fiction, and... more
Through a multi-sensory video experience, biomorphic sculptures, and photomontages printed on plexiglass and aluminum, this exhibition explores the artist’s deep interest and research into African mythology, biological processes, science fiction, and the ingrained but outdated ideas about origin, identity and race that rule our world.

Futuristic Ancestry: Warping Matter and Space-time(s) is a kaleidoscopic journey into Afro-diasporic history, race, and revolution, invoking Mother Earth and Ntjam’s own life experiences in a hallucinogenic multi-sensory experience.

Ntjam’s work is multidimensional, exploring themes of Afro-diasporic history and ancestry via biomorphic avatars and beings which appear extraterrestrial. Featured in the exhibition, her 19-minute film Matter Gone Wild is a poetic audiovisual exploration into revolution and systematic oppression through the lens of three distinct characters, each one residing in an psychedelic corner of some otherworldly, unfamiliar multiverse.

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Futuristic Ancestry: Warping Matter and Space-time(s)

Fri, May 17
10:30AM
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Sat, May 18
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Sun, May 19
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Mon, May 20
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Tue, May 21
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Wed, May 22
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Thu, May 23
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Fri, May 24
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Fotografiska New York

281 Park Ave South
New York, NY 10010
212.433.3686
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Schedule

May 17, Fri 10:30AM - 9:00PM
May 18, Sat 10:30AM - 9:00PM
May 19, Sun 10:30AM - 9:00PM
May 20, Mon 10:30AM - 9:00PM
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Arts

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