Talk
DeForrest Brown / Spaceship Earth 2.0: a Myth-Scientific Discourse on Cyberculture
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Spaceship Earth 2.0 builds on the themes of "Assembling a Black Counter Culture," charting a history, critical analysis, and speculative theory of techno beyond the dancefloor.
DeForrest Brown, Jr. is an Alabama-raised, Ex-American rhythmanalyst, writer, electronic musician, and curator. As Speaker Music, he channels the African American modernist tradition of rhythm and soul music as an intellectual site and sound of techno-vernacular expression. He has released three albums on Planet Mu; 'Of Desire, Longing' (2019), 'Black Nationalist Sonic Weaponry' (2020) and 'Techxodus' (2023). His written work explores the links between the Black experience in industrialized labor systems and Black innovation in electronic music. Brown’s debut book ‘Assembling a Black Counter Culture’ was released on Primary Information in 2022. In 2023, he co-curated HOPE, an international group exhibition presented by Museion Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Bolzano-Bozen as the final installment of the TECHNO HUMANITIES trilogy. Brown, Jr. is currently collaborating with Tresor on the meta-narratives for Cybtron’s Maintain the Golden Ratio (2023), Parallel Shift (2024) and beyond.
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