Just having some fun with nostalgia...
"There’s a popular criticism that a lot of fantasy and sci-fi of the past ended up crafting new worlds that rarely included black people. We existed in the margins of dystopia, the underground of the underground, Or even just didn’t exist at all. Erased or never centered in these narratives. But around the dawn of the New Millennium, there seemed to be this blip in the timeline where black people weren’t just envisioning the future themselves, we were really serving, The Future."
Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
03:04 - A E S T H E T I C & Vibes
07:29 - Computer Blue
12:06 - Blaque To The Future
17:36 - Angels & Demons
21:05 - Conclusive Thoughts
References/Resources:
Y2K Bug: www.nationalgeographic.org/en...
Y2K Hysteria Explained: www.ranker.com/list/y2k-hyste...
Y2K Tensions in the Last Days of the 1900’s: • Y2K: Tensions in the L...
20 Years Ago, Y2K Hysteria Led to Emergency Bunkers and Cost the U.S. $100 Billion: people.com/human-interest/y2k...
Black Space - Imagining Race in Science Fiction Film: www.amazon.com/Black-Space-Im...
“Black to the Future” by Mark Dery (coined the term “Afrofuturism”): www.uvic.ca/victoria-colloqui...
Black To The Future : Afrofuturism in Music Videos
Introduction to Afrofuturism: www.okayafrica.com/african-fut...
Afrofuturism - From the Past to the Living Present: newsroom.ucla.edu/magazine/af...
What is Afrofuturism and Why is it Important?: www.blerd.com/what-is-afrofut...
Sci-Fi Digital Series “Afrofuturism” Complete Series | DUST
Afrofuturism Aesthetics: aesthetics.fandom.com/wiki/Af...
Kaylan Michel - “Lost in the Land Collages”: trendland.com/afrofuturism-co...
Y2K Aesthetic Institute: / y2kaestheticinstitute
Y2K Aesthetic Wiki: aesthetics.fandom.com/wiki/Y2K
The Y2K aesthetic: who knew the look of the year 2000 would endure?: www.theguardian.com/technolog...
Y2K Aesthetic Montage: • HELLCOM - UNITY2000
How Left Eye’s Group Wrestled Music from Matthew Knowles: www.theguardian.com/music/201...
Blaque to the Future: The Afrofuturistic Girl Group Returns With Torch: / blaque-to-the-future-t...
Quote in Conclusive Thoughts - "Inherent Vice" by Thomas Pynchon
29 июл 2024
