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. Her performances are a dialogue between her voice and improvised and electronic music. She speaks, raps and reads poetry. Current social issues and political injustices are central to her work. For her music installation in Nuremberg, she collaborates with six other artists: trumpeter Aquiles Navarro, multi-instrumentalist Simone Sieger, soprano singer Alya Al-Sultani, bassist Farida Amadou, percussionist Dudù Koute and video artist Jon Carlos. Together they will create a “sonic map” in the foyer of the Kunstverein Nürnberg. They create a space full of sounds, voices, words and images. It is about history and its traces - about what we can see and hear and about what remains hidden.

Moor Mother works in the fields of music, film, art, and political activism. She explores themes such as Afrofuturism, new notions of time and collective memory. Together with Rasheedah Phillips, she is the collective Black Quantum Futurism (BQF). At the heart of BQF’s work is a circular notion of time, in which past, present and future are interconnected and together affect who we are - and who we can become at any given moment of “space-time”.


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.