As we journey through this Age of Aquarius, humanity has greater access to and awareness of the increasingly transparent convergence of the metaphysical, the scientific, the spiritual, the ancient and the digital. As worldmakers in pursuit of a Liberated Black future, it is NOIR Labs’ duty to activate these intersections in powerful ways, for the benefit of all African-descended peoples, and by extension, all of humanity.

 

We are calling on all Afrofuturists, physicists, cultural producers (artists, storytellers, filmmakers, etc) and everyone who dreams of a Liberated Black future to join us over the next year, as we explore and assess the convergence of the above principles through a creative, Afrocentric, and humanist lens. 

 

Meditation, manifestation and quantum physics. Religiosity, revolution, and spiritual awakenings. Ancestors, soul family and Gen Z’s secret weapons. NFTs, social currency and the New World. Black love, Black intimacy and Black power. Self love, self acceptance and Liberation from within. All these topics are safely welcome here, in this space where Quantum Afrofuturist Worldmaking is essential daily practice.

If the above resonates with you, we invite you to showcase your work in the Portal to African Intelligence, housed here on Portal X, so that together, we can experience, amplify and fortify African Diaspora art and cultural production speaking to the ideologies and visions of Quantum Afrofuturism. You can also become a patron.

 

The first installment of the Quantum Afro Futures series, Volume I, will kick-off Feb 28 with a dialogue and Virtual Portal Journey sponsored by Yale Council on African Studies.

 

The Feb 28th virtual experience will include a Twitter Space, featuring leading thinkers and creators in the Worldmaking space. This will be followed by a journey through the Portal to African Intelligence, a digitally curated creative directory of leading African Diaspora cultural production, and Quantum Afrofuturist art and ideology. After the Portal journey, all participants will reconvene on Zoom.

 

To participate, register below, join the Twitter space and join the Zoom event here. If you’re in Miami, Houston or Philadelphia, register below and look out for details on upcoming live activations.