Blueprints for the Afrofuture with Hidden Variable

A brief recap from the next iteration of Blueprints for the Afrofuture – an AGGV program curated by local film and dance artist Kemi Craig.

On October 27, 2022, Hidden Variable joined us at the Gallery for an evening of sound and music, with live, improvisational and interactive elements. Music drew influence from dub, west and central African folk music, Afrobeat and hip hop.

Hidden Variable is a music focused collective, loosely centered around a group of friends living in Victoria, BC. They record music together in each other’s homes and anywhere else they find themselves. Most of the collective’s recorded music can be found at hiddenvariable.bandcamp.com.

Blueprints for the Afrofuture is curated by Kemi Craig who has been collaborating with interdisciplinary Black artists and collectives from across BC this year to create art/offerings. As Kemi states, “The process acts as an embodied practice of what it looks like when our various Black communities, organizations and individuals have the opportunity to gather and support each other through collective imagining, shared labor & resources. The importance of recognizing Blackness in BC is creating more fulsome perspectives & knowledge benefitting all people across these territories.”

Learn more about the Blueprints for the Afrofuture series here:
https://aggv.ca/curatorial-projects/blueprints-for-the-afrofuture/
The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria is located on the traditional territory of the lək̓ʷəŋən speaking peoples, today known as the Esquimalt and Songhees First Nations. We extend our gratitude and appreciation for the opportunity to live and work on this territory.

Videography and editing by Marina DiMaio.

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