A MIXED PLAYLIST INSPIRED BY: ODERA IGBOKWE

CORTEX PRIME, ILLUSTRATION BY ODERA IGBOKWE

Featured Artist of the Month Odera Igbokwe shared in their interview with Hannah Seraphim that their artwork is not a question of having a superpower, rather knowing what magic they bring.

“It’s treating all these different aspects and very different intersectional energies with respect and dignity to create something that is both old and new. With a lot of my work, I like having the abstract feeling of not necessarily knowing where or when you are, and sometimes I think my work is envisioning the future. But, a lot of the time, it also looks like a very distant past. Merging those things, whether it’s time or cultures across the African diaspora in one cohesive piece, is what makes me excited to create.” - Odera Igbokwe

The inspiration for this month's playlist is the illustration 'Cortex Prime'. This mix is curated with Afrofuturism as a theme. Find genre-bending Black artists envisioning the future through music. Listen and board the mothership of possibilities.