The global Pan-Africanism movement was nearly a century old by the time the internet arrived. No surprise then that diasporic African filmmakers, visual artists and music-video directors annexed the virtual space early on. This season explores the themes and visual motifs virally traded between Africa, the US and Europe that gave rise to a bold, black, globally influential aesthetic. We might be seduced by the style but do we know the influencers? Touching down in the UK, then Kenya and the US, we’ll reveal who’s trending. Classic pan-African features paired with their daring short-form offspring, new commissions, virtual discussions and a get-down party IRL will connect artists and audiences around the world in a way that transport links cannot.
Gaylene Gould and Tega Okiti
I had the honor of working on the official artwork
for the British Film Institute's "NO DIRECT FLIGHT"
- an exploration of digital blackness in the age of the internet.
Here is my interpretation.
OFFICIAL POSTER
GIF ART
