Local artists find inspiration and cultural importance in obscure spaces with the help of Afrovisualism.
The term “Afrovisualism” coins the Black Aesthetic Continual Theory, according to founder of Afrovisualism, curator, theorist, graphic designer and writer Justin Smith. It is the combination of Black historical frameworks to compare and identify the parallels in these different aesthetics, according to Smith.
The idea for the term came about in 2018 with inspiration from “Afrofuturism” and “Black visual culture,” Smith said. When he came up with this term, Smith chose to own his creative perspective, he said.
“This is my definition of what Black visual culture is,” Smith said. “The idea of the continuum — the work that Black artists create is continuous, always changing and evolving.”
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