Black Metal

“https://www.afrotectopia.org/ is a special limited edition (500 copies), intricately designed, kitchen table art book. Black Metal pushes the boundaries of space travel, science fiction, speculative design, Black culture, art, technology, and spirituality. Uniquely positioned at the nexus of such fields, it paves the way for a new field of its own - planting seeds for boundless imagination, and inviting its audience to simultaneously experience their internal and external worlds, anew. ‍Black Metal is simultaneously an archive and catalyst of future worlds.”$^1$”Black Metal is an anthology of four books by the four artists of the incubator (Jordan Caldwell, Jeremy Kamal, Kordae Jatafa Henry, and Ari Melenciano) as they reimagined space travel as a new protocol in understanding the world around and within us.”$^2$$^1$ from https://www.onx.studio/onx-programming/black-metal-starship-program$^2$ from https://www.afrotectopia.org/

Black Metal is an Afrofuturist work that provides instructions/guides to rituals, protocols and frameworks for the reimagined space travel. Tech Literacy & Accessibility: Although this book is fictional, it provides an idea or understanding of how technology could look like in the future.Reducing Harm in New Media: The instructions and guides included in this book provide readers the opportunity to practice inner work for personal growth.Data & Knowledge Stewardship: The book highlights Black knowledge and proposes a meaningful speculative space voyage through an understanding of relationships between the mind, body, spacesuit, and environment.