The music installations by Moor Mother are being developed alongside the solo exhibition “Bending the Arrow of Time into a Circle” by Black Quantum Futurism, both in collaboration with the Kunstverein Nürnberg – Albrecht Dürer Gesellschaft.
Camae Ayewa, also known as Moor Mother, is a musician, poet and artist. From poetry to rap - her voice is a common thread running through her performances, forming a cascading dialogue with musical improvisation and electronic music. Text and beat condense into an urgent dialog about current social issues and political injustice. For her music installation in Nuremberg, she creates a “sonic map” together with trumpeter Aquiles Navarro, multi-instrumentalist Simone Sieger, soprano singer Alya Al-Sultani, bassist Farida Amadou, percussionist Dudù Koute and videographer Jon Carlos. The foyer at Kunstverein Nürnberg, with its mezzanines and reliefs, becomes a kaleidoscopic space of sounds, voices, words and moving images. The space becomes a conversation about history and its traces, about things we can see and hear and those that remain hidden.
Moor Mother’s multifaceted practice encompasses music, film, art and activism, in which Afrofuturism, alternative notions of temporality and collective memory are recurring thematic anchor points. Her enormous versatility is reflected in a collaborative way of working: In the free jazz collective Irreversible Entanglements; as Moor Mother in numerous collaborations with Lonnie Holley, Mary Lattimore or Kyle Kidd, among others. Together with Rasheedah Phillips, she is the interdisciplinary artist duo Black Quantum Futurism. Through an alternative, non-linear notion of time, they explore the intersections of futurism, DIY aesthetics and activism in marginalized communities. Their approach opens up new perspectives on the past, present and future and creates space for new narratives beyond existing hegemonic structures.


NOTE
| THU 22.5. | 19 h |
Opening of the exhibition “Bending the Arrow of Time into a Circle” by Black Quantum Futurism. On view until July 31, 2025.
Guided tour with the curators Marie-Therese Bruglacher and Nele Kaczmarek on 31 May at 12 noon.




**SENSORIC INFORMATION
Location & surroundings
The music installation takes place in the atrium of the Kunstverein Nürnberg.It is a multi-story, glass-walled interior space with a rather emotionally cold atmosphere. The performance will take place on the ground floor and on the balconies. During the week, the building is used as an office space. For the music installation, we transform the space with video and seating possibilities an environment that invites social and intimate gatherings. There is a bar.
Duration
Approx. 2.5-3 hours
Recording
Video, sound and photo recordings
Sensory stimuli
The music installation is a room full of instrumental and vocal sounds as well as video collages that are projected onto different surfaces throughout the room. There are lighting effects, projection lights, no strobe lights. Music and voice are amplified in parts.
Interaction: The audience can move freely through the space.
Sound: There are various instruments, from electric bass to multi-instrumental drums and soprano vocals. The music is a mixture of improvised music and amplified electronic sounds.
Themes: Social and political justice, coming to terms with racism, police violence, colonial history and the transgenerational trauma that affects Black people worldwide, poetry, Afrofuturism, memory, collaboration and community.
Seating options
There are seating and reclining options: Judo mats, beanbags, folding chairs, floor.
Language
English
Contact persons
If you need support or have any questions, please contact our admission staff at any time. There is an awareness team on site to deal with any special concerns.