The primary question I believe my research will answer will be ‘How Afro futurist and surrealist sound art and culture is influential in the 21st century.
I hope to explore and uncover the roots of afro surrealism and see how it is being used today in popular culture and sound arts practices.
I choose this as I believe this area of art is far more influential than made out to be. I also chose this question as this topic is close to my heart in terms of my own art.
My intended approach to the organisation of my answer, is to operate by beginning from a somewhat chronological history of Afro surrealism and then later relating it to art and culture practices outside of its direct artistic lineag
ntroduction : Spoken word, with an ambient, free jazz inspired sonic backdrop
Chapter One: Free Jazz, Will talk about free jazz and the visual art that came with it, and talk about the dawn of afro future/surrealism, with musical inspired pieces and clips from this generation of music.
Chapter Two: FutureNow, In this I will talk about how these concepts reflect in black artistic practice today, with excerpts and clips from TV’s shows and radio broadcasts, also I will begin talking about how attitudes towards technology in the free jazz movement influence attitudes now.
Chapter Three: Will be about how these movements have influenced art and culture as whole, outside of the afro-diasporic gaze.
Conclusion