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Afrofuturism reigns at Seattle museums this June.
MoPOP and the Museum of Museums explore a galaxy of Black culture by way of science fiction, fashion and art installations.

by Margo Vansynghel June 20, 2022

“…At the Museum of Museums in Seattle hangs a mask that seems to have dropped in from an imagined future, or maybe the distant past. Somewhere in between a motorcycle helmet, interstellar aviator cap and an African Dan mask, the cyberpunk assemblage is punctuated by wooden beads, bushels of twigs, nails and shark’s teeth. Yellow and orange flowers add a sense of softness. And an embedded black wristwatch looks like it could turn our collective clock back or forward like a time machine.

Created by New York-based Afrofuturist artist Mark Wilson Jr., the untitled headdress also includes a camcorder, its lens a watchful third eye looking into the past — and the future. The artwork is one of several blending Afrocentricity, mythology, sci-fi and technology in Hollaback to the Future: Afrofuturist Dimensions (through Aug. 31), an expansive new group exhibit curated by Seattle artist Moses Sun….”

HOLLABACK TO THE FUTURE
CURATED BY MOSES SUN

June 3 - August 31, 2022 at Museum of Museums

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