Future Reset: Diasporic Dreaming—
The Future Reset: Diasporic Dreaming is a community-led initiative that seeks to support young people from African Diaspora communities through contemporary art outcomes.
This project is built on the belief that the arts have the power to inspire, connect, and empower people. It seeks to create a safe space for creative experimentation, artistic presentation, and community building for young people through multi-disciplinary and cultural practises
This first phase of the project echoes the codesign findings that reflect on the yearning for utopic dreaming of worlds that centres ancestral play, healing and black joy through art, and community connection.
Footscray Community Arts and Next in Colour have partnered to deliver the second phase of the Future Reset project, titled Diasporic Dreaming. This collaboration is rooted in shared values and a commitment to deepening community engagement with African Diaspora communities. The project aims to provide cultural agency and curate impactful programming that benefits both the Footscray community and the broader Diaspora communities.
This project was delivered in partnership with Footscray Community Arts funded by VicHealth through the Future Healthy: Future Reset program.
REIMAGINING UTOPIAS: Community Gathering
This event marked the closing of Diasporic Dreaming, and a celebration of the project’s events, activities and achievements.
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“A Person Is a Person Because of Other People.”
~ South African Proverb
BLACK WEALTH CONNECT WOMEN’S SUMMIT: Metamorphosis
Black Wealth Connect Women’s Summit: Metamorphosis is a powerful day that celebrates and honours women from the African diaspora.
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CULTURAL VOCABULARIES: Vitu Vya Saana
Cultural Vocabularies: Vitu Vya Saana, a creative conversation curated by Collective Futures and presented by Cave_Bureau
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“A single bracelet does not jingle.”
~ Congolese proverb
ANCESTRAL WORDS
Ancestral Words is a performance event that celebrates the transformative power of storytelling.
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VERTEBRAE: A Dance Workshop
VERTEBRAE is a program that celebrates the life and work of Germaine Acogny.
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