In Their Own Form presents works that illuminate Blackness as distinct from the oppression, racism, and stereotypes ever present in Western cultures. Here Black identity is mediated through Afrofuturist themes, including time travel and escapism. The Afrofuturist movement—a cross-disciplinary genre that combines science fiction, Afrocentrism, fantasy, technology, and non-Western mythologies—seeks to envision new futures for Black people. The photographs and videos presented here reimagine and repurpose the fraught past, present, and future of the transnational Black experience.

Artists featured in the exhibition include Alun Be, Kudzanai Chiurai, Jim Chuchu, Teju Cole, Ayana V. Jackson, Mohau Modisakeng, Fabrice Monteiro, Zanele Muholi, Aida Muluneh, Paulo Nazareth, Zohra Opoku, Alexis Peskine, and Mary Sibande.

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