S.W.A.G. LIVE ART FEATURE:

"*Rell Stylez, a modern-day Renaissance Man, has his hands in activism, art, hip hop, education, and entrepreneurship. For the The AfroFuturist Affair, however, he will be exclusively using his paintbrush to draw energy from the crowd, creating live, on-scene Master pieces."

http://afrofuturistaffair.eventbrite.com/

Please join us on October 28, 2011 as we celebrate and bring awareness to AfroFuturistic culture with feature ar......tists, authors, and performers present works and creations that connect back to AfroFuturism and Black Science-Fiction. We also invite you to dress the part of the Afro-Futurist by wearing a costume that reflects the AfroFuturism aesthetic. You can also have custom-made costumes created by feyasterling inc. (feyasterling@gmail.com)

AfroFuturism is a literary, artistic and cultural aesthetic that considers Blackness as it looks and is defined in the future, examines science fiction, historical fiction, fantasy, and magic as it critiques the present-day situations of people of color, explores the implications of technology on Black art and literature, and interrogates historical events involving Blacks across the diaspora. Popular artists, musicians, theorists, and writers who can be linked to AfroFuturism include: Sun Ra, Saul Williams, Toni Morrison, Erykah Badu, Nalo Hopkinson, Outkast, Octavia Butler, Janelle Monae, Amiri Baraka, Wu Tang Clan, Jean-Michel Basquiat, George Clinton, Samuel Delaney, and many, many more.

ADMISSION
$5 admission in advance and $8 at the door(contact R.Phillips/Science-Is Fiction for advanced tickets or purchase them at Event Brite here: http://afrofuturistaffair.eventbrite.com/)
Admission price includes 1 drink and light dining. All drinks thereafter will be $1-2 each.

CHARITY
All proceeds of the event are being donated to Need In Deed, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping children apply academics (literacy, math, social studies, science) to addressing problems in their communities and schools. Please find out more information about the organization at http://www.needindeed.org/ or on Facebook.

FEATURING

Co-Sponsored by:

Philadelphia Printworks
and
feyasterling inc.




Host Extraordinaire:

St. Skribbly LaCroix





Photography by:

The L. Park Project





Spoken Word by:

Ras Masramani
Lindo
W.C. Longmire
Kitakiya Dennis




Performing Artistry by:

Misty Sol

Charlyn Magdaline





Live Visual Arts by:

Kitakiya Dennis

Rell Stylez of Sharp With Art Group (S.W.A.G)





Science Fiction Author Presentations by:

Dja Dja N. Medjay, author of the science fiction novel, Renpet

Nicole D. Sconiers, author of a collection of speculative fiction short stories, Escape from Beckyville: Tales of Race, Hair, and Rage
Rasheedah Phillips/Science-Is Fiction, author of the upcoming sci-fi novel, Recurrence Plot





Sounds by:

The Church
Napoleon Dolemite and the Signifying Monks





Dance Performance by:

F.I.V.E Productions






Costumes and Fashions by:

feyasterling inc.
Rockers Closet




Engineering and Inventive Stylings of:

Adolphe Alexander





Liquids by:

Belal the Bartender