AFROFUTURISM AND CYBORG FEMINISM

Steven Shaviro
shaviro@shaviro.com

Arizona State University
February 13, 2019

1. Afrofuturism

Ancient to the Future
Art Ensemble of Chicago, Ancient to the Future (1987)
The Changing Same
The Changing Same
Afrofuturism
Ytasha Womack, Afrofuturism: The World of Black Sci-Fi and Fantasy Culture (2013)
SF
Afrofuturism / Science Fiction
DelanyButler
Samuel R. Delany and Octavia E. Butler
Sun Ra
Sun Ra
Blade Runner 2049
The Future Orientation of Science Fiction:
Blade Runner 2049 (Denis Villeneuve, 2017)
Extrapolation
Extrapolation
Retrofuturism
Yesterday's Tomorrow
Blade Runner
Utopia/Dystopia/Futurity:
Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, 1982)
Mothership
Parliament, Mothership Connection (1975)
Derivatives
Financial Derivatives
clipping
clipping., Splendor and Misery (2016)
Drexciya
Drexciya
BrokenEarth
N. K. Jemisin, Broken Earth trilogy

2. The Female Cyborg

Cybernetics
Cybernetics
The Restless Clock
Jessica Riskin, The Restless Clock (2016)
The Future Eve
Auguste Villiers de l’Isle-Adam, The Future Eve (1886)
Maria
Robot Maria (Brigitte Helm) in Metropolis (Fritz Lang, 1927)
ExMachina
Ava (Alicia Vikander) in Ex Machina (Alex Garland, 2014)
Cyborg Manifesto
Donna Haraway, A Cyborg Manifesto (1982)
ScarletJohanssen
Mira Killian (Scarlett Johanssen) in Ghost in the Shell (Rupert Sanders, 2017)
Sleep Dealer
Cyborg Labor: Sleep Dealer (Alex Rivera, 2008)

3. Posthuman Beings

Janelle Monae
Janelle Monáe
Sylvia Wynter
Sylvia Wynter, On Being Human As Praxis (2014)
Kodwo Eshun
Kodwo Eshun, More Brilliant Than the Sun (1998)
Bjork
Björk, "All Is Full Of Love" (Chris Cunningham, 1999)
Missy Elliott
Missy Elliott, "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" (Hype Williams, 1997)
Missy Elliott
Missy Elliott, "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" (Hype Williams, 1997)
Rihanna with robots
Rihanna, Kids Choice Awards, 2010
Janelle Monae
Janelle Monáe, "Many Moons" (Alan Ferguson, 2008)
Janelle Monae
Janelle Monáe, "Q.U.E.E.N." (Alan Ferguson, 2013)
Dawn
Dawn Richard, "Calypso" (Kytten Janae, 2015)