Black Atlantic Space-Time Portfolio by Unity
Résumé
At the Manifest exhibition in Nantes 2024.09.19 – 10.06 under the artistic name Unity, Deirdre C. Molloy and Aurélie Capelle-Sigère presented an audio-visual series conceived and produced by Molloy called Black Atlantic Space-Time. This illustrated portfolio PDF presents Unity's modular art exhibition of screendance, multimedia ethnography and an interactive map. The artworks and documentation are part of Molloy's PhD titled "From Blues Dance to Black Atlantic Identity: a postcolonial perspective". The portfolio documents innovative research-creation methods, collaborations and an original data-curation platform for intangible heritage. A scientific premise is rhythm code transmission through muscle memory rather than through DNA or 'blood'. RELATED MEDIA Black Atlantic Space-Time is expressed in 2 formats - a narrative film Drum Calls | Body Recalls and the interactive Unity Atlantic Map. Drum Calls Body Recalls is a poetic tribute to African ancestors and a resilient heritage of rhythm codes. Strong wifi and speakers or good headphones are recommended as the story is carried by the sound. Watch the Black Atlantic Space-Time teaser : https://doi.org/10.34847/NKL.5C091TX1 To map Africanist intangible heritage, Molloy has made 16 short films to date, augmented by links to public and private archives and social media. Gerador provided software development for the map, informed by a prototype Molloy developed with Code Your Future UK students. The interactive map offers audio-visual and written context for rhythm codes and their circulations around the Atlantic. To hear/see the rhythms, click on the pink arrows and then click on 'Unmute'. https://unityatlantic.org/ The narrative movie (19 mins) Drum Calls | Body Recalls is a poetic tribute to African ancestors through the diasporic heritage of rhythm codes. In order to arrange a screening of Drum Calls please contact the author. Here's a synopsis of Drum Calls: https://filmfreeway.com/DrumCallsBodyRecalls#ff_javascript This PDF portfolio documents the creative process of Black Atlantic Space-Time, including an AV/VR/XR residency series alongside 12 art projects (22 artists in total). The multimedia art and the group exhibition in Nantes 2024 were co-produced and promoted by 5 European cultural agencies, co-funded by the Creative Europe Program: Project Manifest