BQF is a new approach to living and experiencing reality by way of the manipulation of space-time in order to see into possible futures, and/or collapse space-time into a desired future in order to bring about that future’s reality

Black Quantum Futurism (BQF) is a new approach to living and experiencing reality by way of the manipulation of space-time in order to see into possible futures, and/or collapse space-time into a desired future in order to bring about that future’s reality. This vision and practice derives its facets, tenets, and qualities from quantum physics, futurist traditions, and Black/African cultural traditions of consciousness, time, and space. Where these three traditions intersect exists a creative plane that allows for the ability of African-descended people to see “into,” choose, or create the impending future. BFQ comprises of Philadelphia based Camae Ayewa and Rasheedah Phillips.

Black Quantum Futurism

project-housing bop, slaveship punk, witch rap

Philadelphia based Camae Ayewa is best known for her work as Moor Mother, a moniker through which since 2012 she has released music prolifically. The Moor Mother sound is deliberately abrasive; a noisy torrent of free jazz, hip-hop, poetry and punk (or, in her own words, ‘project-housing bop, slaveship punk, witch rap‘) collaged into experimental noise poems that speak to violence, trauma and the radical political struggles of black history. The album Fetish Bones, released in 2016, is already considered a contemporary masterpiece. Pitchfork described it as ‘a reminder of the hardships of love under the regime of historical trauma’ – an album ‘you will never be able to unhear’, and The Wire was moved to describe Moor Mother as ‘the most radical Afrofuturist artist to emerge for years’.

Moor Mother

Afrofuturist noise, punk and poetry from two American visionaries who speak to the violence, trauma and radical political struggles of black history.

Liquid Architecture welcomes to Australia for the first time **Black Quantum Futurism (BQF)**, the radical Philadelphia-based collaboration of musician and poet **Camae Ayewa** (AKA Moor Mother) and writer and activist **Rasheedah Phillips**.

As **BQF** Ayewa and Phillips mobilise the revolutionary potential of Afrofuturist thought to manipulate and reorient perceptions of the past and present in ways that make alternative futures imaginable. Their vision derives its facets, tenets, and urgency from science-fiction, futurist traditions, and Black/African cultural traditions of consciousness, time, and space. BQF’s work incorporates workshops, radical pedagogy, community activism, DIY art practice, writing and experimental music.

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