What do modern petroglyphs look like?
From symbols in ancient cave art to modern emojis, to graffiti tags, to the quilts and secret signs our ancestors are said to have used in the journey North to freedom...
From Kufic script to astrolabes on hajj...the art of sacred lines and the liminal space between them tease at the edges of what's possible for visual communication.
How can we reimagine the symbols and tools of the past into nu-relics that serve the needs of modern souls? These are the questions that interfaith Afrofuturism helps us to answer.
As the Kongo Cosmogram keeps turning, what is to be said about unholy spells, and broken timelines, and threads of fate?
Can we find our Way thru the Wyrd again?
If so, we need to reinvent the Compass Rose.
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