The legacy of groundbreaking African American science fiction writer Octavia E. Butler (1947 – 2006) is the inspiration for this wide-ranging program of experimental shorts by contemporary artists, curated by Erin Christovale. Films include: Moon Tendon (2013) and Playing Possum (2012) by Jamilah Sabur; Big Gurl (2006), a stop-motion animation by Lauren Kelley; The Golden Chain (2015) by filmmaker Buki Bodunrin and graphic novelist Ezra Claytan Daniels; A Feeling Like Chaos (2015) by artist Suné Woods; The Origin of the Blues (2013) by Ariel Jackson; My father and I dance in outer space (2011) and Two (2010) by Wura-Natasha Ogunji. Presented in conjunction with the Clockshop exhibition Radio Imagination: Artists and Writers in the Archive of Octavia E. Butler. 

In person: Erin Christovale, Suné Woods, Buki Bodunrin and Ezra Claytan Daniels