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In a world of microtrends, constant headlines, and artificially intelligent agents do we do we slow down or speed up? Look back or run faster?

For this issue, we want to focus on our positioning and motion through time. We want to be intentional about looking back and understanding what histories are important to us. Collective, individual, regardless of size of the timeline, what are the implications of its technologies and agencies on the people and structures that we exist with.

We hope this issue contains a variety of interpretations of this theme with intentionality on storytelling, aesthetics, and juxtaposition. We urge you to reflect on all that’s come before you - the many histories and stories you carry within you. Use it as fuel to spark innovation and drive the creative process.

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velocity

sankofa

lifecycle

half-life

rhythm

chronos vs. kairos

circular time

half-life

legacy

existentialism

quantum time

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TECHNO'S HISTORY - Black Detroit's reaction to deindustrialization, recentering Black culture in a technological world that aimed to leave it behind

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FUTURE SHOCK

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Afrofuturism using lighting, color, makeup, and headpiece to presenting fusion of person with machines and screens

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Sankofa: the concept of looking into the past to inform and construct the future. Learning from history and heritage to move forward and avoid the mistakes of the past

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Pin by Pedro Martins on Referências para minhas tatoos | Adinkra symbols, African symbols, Adinkra

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growth, intimate portraiture, black & white film

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writing: how do we find meaning within these trends? what specific philosophies can we lean into to reason through our story? what are the things you see changing over time? what are the things you see staying the same? what's worth documenting/preserving? what artifacts of the present (people, places, cultures, etc.) are at risk of 'disappearing'?

visuals: can we look to past imagery that reflects negotiation with the movement of time? what are important historical visuals to you? your communities? what are the aesthetics of the future?

photography: can we use motion blur or lack thereof to describe aspects of time that cannot be as literally depicted in a motionless picture. what camera technologies are best to tell the story? Does it make sense to use a film camera, older digital camera, modern mirrorless camera? how can natural or artificial lighting reflect the time positioning?

styling: how do aesthetic choices depict the future you hope? What are the politics of maximal or minimalistic futures? Be bold and daring with your makeup looks. This is not the issue for subtlety

design: can we mix past and present typography and images? what archival imagery is meaningful

models: how can we be intentional about whose histories and futures we want to depict through modeling

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human connection & disconnection given posing and direction of looking, juxtaposition of nature and technology

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Opulent, prismatic clothing with Egyptian influences reimagining Africanness and Blackness in space futurism.

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Sun Ra's Space is the Place + afrofuturism

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What were they saying? Where have we come since then?

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makeup/styling inspo: emphasize bone structure, drama drama drama!

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Pin by deanna paxton on RFAQ | Drag makeup, Drag queen makeup, Queen makeup

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Dadaism, "appropriating mass-produced images of machines to represent his subjects"

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Francis Picabia - Here, This Is Stieglitz Here

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Francis Picabia - Here, This Is Stieglitz Here - The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Inscription: Signed, dated, and inscribed (lower right, in black ink): F. Picabia/ 1915/ New York; inscribed (upper left, in black ink): ICI, C’EST ICI STIEGLITZ/ FOI ET AMOUR; inscribed (upper center, in black ink): IDEAL

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@edmaximus | Afrofuturism art, Futurism art, Afrofuturism aesthetic

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makeup/styling inspo: crude yet lavish, attractive and unnerving

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Donna Summer - Four Seasons of Love Album Cover

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Pin by Katie W on Mood board in 2025 | Donna summer, Photoshoot, Photoshoot themes

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sun ra | Afrofuturism art, Afrocentric art, Album art

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Classics - Juan Atkins Compilation Album

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exploring human connection, the impact of capitalism, technology, and various social factors on relationships and connection

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use of urban spaces + using photography to depict time 

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Jul 5, 2025 - 156 likes, 1 comments - filmsbratz on June 23, 2024: ”— 𝓢𝓞𝓛𝓐𝓝𝓖𝓔 𝓚𝓝𝓞𝓦𝓛𝓔𝓢 38𝓣𝓗 𝓑𝓘𝓡𝓣𝓗𝓓𝓐𝓨 ˚˖𓍢ִ໋`🌿:✧˚.🫐🏹⋆𖧧| on this day — 38 years ago — singer, songwriter & actress, the ethereal beauty: miss solange knowles was born. just like bey, she also raised me with her music, on television & in films. g…

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dynamic posing depicting the emotional state

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adopting a militant aesthetic to critique fascism and promote resistance

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Black Panther Gang | Black panther party, Black panthers movement, Black culture

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Famous Black Panthers | Black Panther Gang