A weekend inspired by the Hayward Gallery exhibition In the Black Fantastic

Through myth, science fiction, spiritual traditions and Afrofuturism, artists re-contextualise the past and invoke a future where Blackness thrives.

Special guest curator Inua Ellams presents two events to open the weekend, with new poetry commissions responding to the themes.

The exhibition is open from Friday 15th – Sunday 17th July 2022.

Nick Cave, Soundsuit, 2014. Mixed media including fabric, buttons, antique sifter, and wire. 211 x 60.5 x 67.5 cm © Nick Cave. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. Mandrake Hotel Collection

Highlight:

R.A.P Party 15th July: Queen Elizabeth Hall Foyer -A night of knockout lines and top-notch bars as poetry inspired by myth, fantasy and Afrofuturism is paired with top-notch hip-hop. A night of knockout lines and top-notch bars as poetry inspired by myth, fantasy and Afrofuturism is paired with top-notch hip-hop.

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Header Image of Inua Ellams. Credit Southbank Centre

Sedrick Chisom, Medusa Wandered the Wetlands of the Capital Citadel Undisturbed by Two Confederate Drifters Preoccupied by Poisonous Vapors that Stirred in the Night Air, 2021. Oil, acrylic, spray paint, and watercolour pencil on tiled sheets of paper glued to canvas. 151.6 x 208.3 x 0.3 cm. © Sedrick Chisom. Courtesy the artist and Pilar Corrias, London. Photo: Mark Blower