This episode of alternate realities features soundscape rituals, which is the result of a workshop series rooted in Black healing. black beyond collaborated w/Navel LA and experimental sound artist Akeema-Zane.

As a group we explored the history of sound as technology to preserve and transcend the spirit of ancestors and the indigenous. Akeema-Zane led immersive sound experiments such as ‘writing sound’ and wearing blindfolds to initiate sonic journeys.

Following our research, we collected and morphed sounds, creating a collective soundscape as an embodied practice in reference to ‘afro – nowism’.

Workshop series co-organized by jazsalyn and Jeharrah Pearl.
Soundscape mixed by jazsalyn.

Still images courtesy of Akeema-Zane

alternate realities is a monthly segment hosted by black beyond

black beyond is a platform for experimental artists and activists to define alternate realities for Blackness. black beyond subverts space, allowing Black people and co-liberators to decolonize and re-indigenize social infrastructures. It interrogates understandings of Blackness outside the limitations imposed by the racist imaginary, through afro-pessimism, afro-nowism, and afro-futurism.

black beyond silences echo chambers and uplifts voices of the unheard. Allowing progressive topics which pertain to the ‘future’ to escape institutional corridors, becoming more accessible to the communities we intend to serve.