Join us for another very special Afrofuturist Weekend! The series concludes on Sunday with a VR experience from Sugar Gamers founder Keisha Howard, the “industrial electro-art rock” of »radiant devices«, and Shannon Harris’s Sonic Alchemy Take Over.

Sunday

Keisha Howard with virtual reality setup

»radiant devices« (Mojdeh Stoakley & Fyodor Sakhnovski)

Shannon Harris Esoteric Being Sonic Alchemy Take Over

Keisha Howard
Keisha has been a video game enthusiast since childhood. Growing up “geeky” resulted in her developing interests that were very different from her peers on Chicago’s South Side. Keisha’s communications background and passion for business innovation led her to the Information Technology Industry, specifically social media, the video game industry and geek culture. After discovering that a considerable part of the industry’s consumer and professional demographics were not being represented, Keisha created Sugar Gamers. It began as a women’s advocacy and networking group for consumers and professionals, but eventually blossomed into an organization that advocated for all demographics who were under served or not being represented (such as minorities, and people from the LBGTQ+ community.)

»radiant devices«
»radiant devices« is an electro-art rock and industrial project from Chicago. Intentional yet idiosyncratic the band has been praised for its eclecticism and originality on tape and on stage. The group was founded by Fyodor Sakhnovski and Mojdeh. Fyodor is a guitarist, percussionist, and audio producer. Mojdeh is an inter-disciplinary artist, musician, and an award winning and internationally touring poet, whose work has appeared multiple times on BBC and other distinguished media outlets. She’s an educator and advocate for survivors of trauma. Her writing focuses on topics related to trauma, race, family and religion. The band has performed with notable acts like Psychic TV, Saul Williams, Xiu Xiu, Pere Ubu, Xiu Xiu, Man or Astro-Man?, Mr. Gnome, and Sorne.

Shannon Harris
Having a multifaceted career as an international DJ, musician, composer, label owner, videographer, Qi Gong instructor, humanitarian, pro-activist, healer, and Audio Pharmacologist™, Shannon has managed to explore obscure territories, regions, genres, styles and traditions through his work in the Healing Art’s. His journey within the field of art and music spans over 3 decades, 6 continents and numerous cultural and spiritual traditions. Internationally initiated into many indigenous modalities since 2003, Shannonbridges his healing arts, science, energy medicine and live entrainment performances under his unique practice entitled “Audio Pharmacology™”.

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Tags: Afrofuturist Weekend Day Three, Chicago, Elastic Arts, Fyodor Sakhnovski, Keisha Howard, Logan Square, Mojdeh Stoakley