The Afrofuturist Period Room wiki campaign is a virtual edit-a-thon running throughout February 2022.
The launch event will be livestreamed Saturday February 5, 12-2 PM Eastern. Livestream on YouTube and Facebook
Video chapters include:
We'll have a follow-up event and showcase of work done over this month on February 27, 2 PM Eastern.
It focuses on Before Yesterday We Could Fly (Q109674835) as a particularly data-rich and intertextual exhibition that brings together historical, modern and contemporary African diaspora art and history, to be further developed as community crowdsourced resources on Wikipedia and Wikidata.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art are hosting, as well as bringing together as partners the wiki groups AfroCROWD, Black Lunch Table, and Wikimedia New York City. The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture was also instrumental in curating the exhibition, as well as in the broader program of NYC edit-a-thons, and the Afrofuturist Teen Advisory Council established by both cultural institutions will be active in furthering the project going forward.
General topics:
Artists in the exhibition:
General topics:
Books on display:
This list is automatically generated from data in Wikidata and is periodically updated by Listeriabot.
Edits made within the list area will be removed on the next update!
label | description | instance of | creator | inception | main subject | depicts | The Met object ID | image |
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In Sojourner Truth I fought for the Rights of Women as well as Negroes | print by Elizabeth Catlett (MET, 1999.529.30) | Elizabeth Catlett | 1947 | woman Sojourner Truth |
491319 | |||
Shine | sculpture by Willie Cole (MET, 2008.259) | sculpture | Willie Cole | 2007 | human head shoe |
495572 | ||
Earth & Sky | collage by Lorna Simpson (MET, 2019.471) | collage | Lorna Simpson | 2018 | 839361 | |||
Jitterbugs II | print by William Henry Johnson (MET, 1999.529.79) | William H. Johnson | 1941 | dance man woman |
491354 | |||
Jar | jar by Thomas W. Commeraw (MET, 18.95.13) | jar | Thomas Commeraw | 17th century | 4501 | |||
OUT / SIDE OF TIME | 2021 film directed by Jenn Nkiru | film | Jenn Nkiru | 854667 | ||||
Thriving and Potential, Displaced (Again and Again and...) | 2021 artwork | collage wallpaper |
Njideka Akunyili Crosby | 2021 | 853342 | |||
Digable Underground | ceramic artwork | urn vase |
Roberto Lugo | 2021 | Harriet Tubman Erykah Badu |
847018 | ||
Imbizo Table | table by Chuma Maweni (MET, 2021.280a, b) | table | Chuma Maweni | 846749 | ||||
Imbizo Stool | stool by Chuma Maweni (MET, 2021.281) | stool | Chuma Maweni | 846750 | ||||
Imbizo Stool | stool by Chuma Maweni (MET, 2021.279) | stool | Chuma Maweni | 846752 | ||||
Vernus 3 | chandelier by Ini Archibong (MET, 2021.253.1a, b–.9a–j) | chandelier light fixture |
2020 | 846762 | ||||
Mollo Oa Leifo – Mme (“fire in the hearth – Mother”) | chair by Atang Tshikare (MET, 2021.273) | chair | 2021 | 846916 | ||||
Mollo Oa Leifo – Ngoanana (“fire in the hearth – Girl”) | chair by Atang Tshikare (MET, 2021.274) | chair | 2021 | 846917 | ||||
Mido Chair | chair by Jomo Tariku (MET, 2021.257) | chair | Jomo Tariku | 2021 | 846920 | |||
Miyale Ya Blue | sculpture by Cyrus Kabiru (MET, 2021.282) | sculpture | Cyrus Kabiru | 2020 | 846921 | |||
Sandi Conical Vase | vase by Andile Dyalvane (MET, 2021.275) | vase | Andile Dyalvane | 2020 | 846964 | |||
Handpinched Vase | vase by Zizipho Poswa (MET, 2021.276) | vase | Zizipho Poswa | 2020 | 846965 | |||
Handpinched Vase | vase by Zizipho Poswa (MET, 2021.277) | vase | Zizipho Poswa | 2020 | 846966 | |||
Fat conical vase | vase by Zizipho Poswa (MET, 2021.278) | vase | Zizipho Poswa | 2020 | 846967 | |||
Iya Ati Omo | chair by Yinka Ilori (MET, 2021.270) | chair | Yinka Ilori | 2016 | 849304 | |||
Summer Azure | photograph by Tourmaline (MET, 2021.271) | photograph | Tourmaline | 2020 | 851508 | |||
Morning Cloak | photograph by Tourmaline (MET, 2021.272) | photograph | Tourmaline | 2020 | 851509 | |||
Sol | drawing by Xul Solar (MET, 2021.263.1) | drawing | Xul Solar | 851784 | ||||
Solo mando | drawing by Xul Solar (MET, 2021.263.2) | drawing | Xul Solar | 851785 | ||||
Andrea Motley Crabtree, the first | painting by Henry Taylor (MET, 2018.4) | painting | Henry Taylor | 2017 | Andrea Motley Crabtree | Andrea Motley Crabtree | 769369 | |
Hair Comb | comb by India Rubber Comb Company (MET, 2000.561) | comb | 1851 | 16809 | ||||
Atlas Chair | chair by Ini Archibong (MET, 2021.392) | chair | Ini Archibong | 21th century | 846758 |
∑ 28 items.
This list is automatically generated from data in Wikidata and is periodically updated by Listeriabot.
Edits made within the list area will be removed on the next update!
∑ 20 items.
Segments of the Met video, with direct links into the video.
Youtube video: Before Yesterday We Could Fly: An Afrofuturist Period Room Virtual Opening
Segment | Timecode | Youtube link |
Max Hollein, director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art | 00:04 | link |
Hannah Beachler, lead curator | 03:14 | link |
Sarah Lawrence, curator in charge, European Sculpture and Decorative Arts | 04:04 | link |
Ian Alteveer, curator, Modern and Contemporary Art | 04:38 | link |
Sarah Lawrence, introducing Hannah Beachler | 06:10 | link |
Michelle Commander, Seneca Village | 06:39 | link |
Ian, perimeter walls | 09:18 | link |
Michelle, kitchen space | 10:17 | link |
Michelle, in these fragments we see lots of glass | 11:02 | link |
Sarah, match American Wing works | 11:28 | link |
Kitchen, styling one's hair | 12:28 | link |
Pottery and ceramics | 13:13 | link |
Hannah on time travel | 14:29 | link |
Hearth | 15:31 | link |
Television in living room | 16:01 | link |
Living room space | 16:38 | link |
Bird staff | 17:04 | link |
Prestige stool | 17:17 | link |
Shoes - Willie Cole | 17:33 | link |
Flooring | 18:21 | link |
Structure, framing and bookcase | 18:32 | link |
Circle of chairs | 19:05 | link |
Important to bring in contemporary artists | 19:52 | link |
Chairs by Atang Tshikare | 20:09 | link |
Mido Chair by Jomo Tariku | 21:01 | link |
Ceramic by Zizipho Poswa, hair commentary | 21:14 | link |
Radio - Miyale Ya Blue by Cyrus Kabiru | 22:13 | link |
Lighting - Vernus 3 by Ini Archibong | 22:35 | link |
Painting - Andrea Motley Crabtree, the first by Henry Taylor. Deep sea divers. | 23:10 | link |
Dress - Justice of Ezili by Fabiola Jean-Louis | 23:57 | link |
Michelle - Afrofuturism as creative mode | 25:24 | link |
Hannah - Inspiring Black children | 26:27 | link |
End credits | 26:59 | link |
Time: Feb 27, 2022 02:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) We'll review the #Interim results report, share the articles we worked on this month, and spend some casual social time learning and editing articles together.
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