WuWD@ DOK Leipzig 2020 - Quentin VerCetty - “Dela Move”

Photo Credit: Odille

[Image Description: Quentin is pictured from the waist up. He wears a black coat, grey hat, an African mask pendant, and futuristic glasses. Butterflies rest on his hat and shoulder. In the background is a large silver architectural structure.]

In this episode, I speak with award-winning, multidisciplinary visual griot, artrepreneur, art educator, artivist, and ever-growing interstellar tree Quentin VerCetty. Quentin is one of the founding members of the Black Speculative Arts Movement (BSAM) and co-editor of the first Canadian Afrofuturism art anthology, Cosmic Underground Northside: An Incantation of Black Canadian Speculative Discourse and Innerstandings. The term Afrofuturism addresses themes and concerns of the African diaspora through technoculture and science fiction, encompassing a range of media and artists with a shared interest in envisioning black futures that stem from Afrodiasporic experiences. Because Quentin’s vision of Afrofuturism includes looking to our past to conquer the challenges of the present to create a egalitarian future, this week’s song is Chronixx’s “Dela Move.”