There Are Black People In The Future

 
How can we visualize the future through the lens of black (hi)stories? We look to artist Alisha B. Wormsley’s afro-futurist text There Are Black People In The Future to catalyze new conversations that promote positive change in a changing city.

Together with Project Row Houses (a Houston community platform that enriches lives through art with an emphasis on cultural identity and its impact on the urban landscape), the Goethe Pop Up Houston launched an Artwork-in-Residence program for community-based projects that engage with Wormsley’s text through art and practice. Projects included an in-house concert, garden installation, community performance, public poetry, textile pieces and student-based histories.

In addition to the residency project, Wormsley collaborated with Houston artists Phillip Pyle II., Robert Hodge and Lovie Olivia on a series of flags that respond to Wormsley’s text “There Are Black People In The Future.” The flags fly in front of the shotgun houses that were restored as artist residencies on the grounds of Project Row Houses.