Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/MetAfrofuturist
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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:
- Curator talks (at 0:10)
- Eliza Myrie, Black Lunch Table (0:32)
- Edit-a-thon (at 1:04)
- Sherri Antoine, AfroCROWD (at 1:43)
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.
- Event page from the Met
- Join our Dashboard campaign here or by clicking the blue sign up link.
- See this page for more information and instructions on the Wikimedia NYC Discord server
To sign up for this event: Log in or create an account.
Met Museum pages[edit]
- Overview - Describes the project with roots in the homes of Seneca Village in Central Park, and the philosophy of creating this period room.
- Visiting Guide - Specific breakdown of each part of the period room, including objects.
- Exhibition Objects - Image grid and description of all accessioned objects in the room.
Art + Artists tasklist[edit]
General topics:
- Before Yesterday We Could Fly
- Reviews: Artforum, Artnet, Decor, Forbes, Gothamist, Hyperallergic, New Yorker, New York Times, Vogue
- Afrofuturism
- Period room
- Previous exhibition: of Wangechi Mutu (The Facade Commission), Kerry James Marshall, Mastry
Artists in the exhibition:
- Thomas Commeraw - created stub article for Commeraw --Wil540 art (talk) 19:37, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
- Cyrus Kabiru
- Zizipho Poswa Started a draft for this article Rgm38 (talk) 18:48, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
- Yinka Ilori
- Roberto Lugo
- Ini Archibong
- Tourmaline
- Jenn Nkiru
- Njideka Akunyili Crosby
- Fabiola Jean-Louis
- Lorna Simpson
- Henry Taylor
- Willie Cole
- William H. Johnson
- Series: Jitterbugs
- Series: The Negro Woman
History + Culture tasklist[edit]
General topics:
- Flying Africans
- Andrea Motley Crabtree - [1] [2]
- Nkisi
- Catholic Church in Kongo
- Recade
- Ezili Dantor
- Imbizo
- Beadwork#African beadwork
- Hearth
- Throne#Africa
Books on display:
- Ball, Alverne. Across the Tracks: Remembering Greenwood, Black Wall Street, and the Tulsa Race Massacre. United States: ABRAMS, 2021.
- Black Futures. United Kingdom: One World, 2020.
- Butler, Octavia E. Wild Seed. Vol. 1. Open Road Media, 2012.
- Butler, Octavia E. Patternmaster. Open Road Media, 2012.
- Coates, Ta-Nehisi. The Water Dancer: A Novel. United States: Random House Publishing Group, 2019.
- Commander, Michelle D. Afro-Atlantic Flight: Speculative Returns and the Black Fantastic. United Kingdom: Duke University Press, 2017.
- Commander, Michelle D. Avidly Reads Passages. United States: NYU Press, 2021.
- Delany, Martin R. Blake; Or, The Huts of America: A Corrected Edition. N.p.: Harvard University Press, 2017.
- Delany, Samuel R. Empire Star. United States: Ace Books, 1966.
- Douglass, Frederick. My Bondage and My Freedom. Penguin Publishing Group, 2003.
- Ellison, Ralph. Invisible Man. N.p.: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016.
- Glover, Eric A. Black Star. United States: ABRAMS, 2021.
- Greene, Sanford, David Walker, and Chuck Brown. Bitter Root Volume 1: Family Business. United States: Image Comics, 2019.
- Greene, Sanford, David Walker, and Chuck Brown. Bitter Root Vol. 2: Rage and Redemption. United States: Image Comics, 2020.
- Hamilton, Virginia. The People Could Fly: the Picture Book. United States: Random House Children's Books, 2015.
- Hartman, Saidiya. Lose Your Mother: A Journey Along the Atlantic Slave Route. United States: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008.
- Jemisin, Nora K. The City We Became: A Novel. Vol. 1. Hachette UK, 2020.
- Kendi, Ibram X., and Keisha N. Blain. Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America 1619-2019. Random House, 2021.
- "Lion Man" by Orrin C. Evans of All-Negro Comics, 1947. Issue #1
- Lorde, Audre. The Cancer Journals. United States: Penguin Publishing Group, 2020.
- Lynch, Nigel., Clarke, Matthew. Hardears. United States: ABRAMS, 2021.
- Marshall, Paule, and Michelle Shay. Praisesong for the Widow. London: Virago, 1983.
- Morrison, Toni. Beloved. United Kingdom: Vintage, 2007.
- Mutwa, Credo Vusa'mazulu. Indaba, my children. United States: Grove Press, 1999.
- Naylor, Gloria. Mama Day. New York: Vintage Books, 1989.
- Okorafor, Nnedi. After the Rain. United States: ABRAMS, 2021.
- Phillips, Rasheedah. Black Quantum Futurism: Theory and Practice. United States: Afrofuturist Affair/House of Future Sciences Books, 2015.
- Thatcher, Virginia Sarah. The New Webster Encyclopedic Dictionary of the English Language. United States: Consolidated Book Pub., 1971.
- The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Unsung: Unheralded Narratives of American Slavery & Abolition. United Kingdom: Penguin Publishing Group, 2021.
- Vizetelly, Frank H., and Charles Earle Funk. Funk & Wagnalls New Standard Encyclopedia of Universal Knowledge Newly Revised, VI, Unicorn Press, 1948.
- Vizetelly, Frank H., and Charles Earle Funk. Funk & Wagnalls New Standard Encyclopedia of Universal Knowledge Newly Revised, XXII, Unicorn Press, 1948.
Knowledge graph[edit]
- Overall knowledge graph of the period room - https://w.wiki/4n43
- Knowledge graph showing works and creators - https://w.wiki/4fhK
Reports[edit]
Works in the period room[edit]
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
End of auto-generated list.
Artists with works in the period room[edit]
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!
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∑ 20 items.
End of auto-generated list.
Video chapters[edit]
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 |
Interim results report[edit]
New articles[edit]
- Before Yesterday We Could Fly
- Yinka Ilori (from previous Articles for Creation)
- Zizipho Poswa
- Thomas Commeraw
- Flying Africans
- Period room
- Letter 47 (Seneca)
New categories[edit]
Improved articles[edit]
- Afrofuturism
- Seneca Village
- Tourmaline (activist)
- Henry Taylor (artist)
- Jenn Nkiru
- Roberto Lugo
- Ini Archibong
- Nnedi Okorafor (probably written independently)
- Njideka Akunyili Crosby
Sunday Feb 27: End-of-Month Zoom Meetup[edit]
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.
Participants[edit]
See this page for more information and instructions on the Wikimedia NYC Discord server
To sign up for this event: Log in or create an account.
Sign up here with a ~~~~ to express interest in participating in February 2022:
- Shanluan (talk) 22:52, 9 January 2022 (UTC)
- Raggachampiongirl (talk) 17:26, 10 January 2022 (UTC)
- Pharos (talk) 18:45, 11 January 2022 (UTC)
- Fuzheado | Talk 18:18, 13 January 2022 (UTC)
- TemboUngwe (talk) 18:02, 14 January 2022 (UTC)
- Wil540 art (talk) 21:30, 22 January 2022 (UTC)
- Mozucat (talk) 17:11, 26 January 2022 (UTC)
- Rgm38 (talk) 18:22, 29 January 2022 (UTC)
- Perimeander (talk) 17:19, 30 January 2022 (UTC)
- Windblown29 (talk) 14:32, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
- — Rhododendrites talk \\ 20:13, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
- Hdevine825 (talk) 00:14, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
- Peacekeepurwar (talk) 02:35, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
- 108.29.79.3 (talk) 15:29, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
- Ronald Sexton (talk) 18:27, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
- Juliajusto8 (talk) 17:10, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
- Epicgenius (talk) 17:45, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
- 2603:7000:3202:9A00:2D52:ED44:274D:A1EC (talk) 18:03, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
- Elizabeth Inserra
- Electriclamb (talk) 18:12, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
- SyrinxInstitute (talk) 18:18, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
- Jim.henderson (talk) 15:18, 27 February 2022 (UTC)