Hanan Abbas,
EmKay Adjei-Manu,
Abby Adjekum,
Czarina Mendoza,
Dalia Shalabi,
John Hill, Tee
Kundu
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This was my first residency, and I really enjoyed exploring new
digital tools and connecting with some groovy folks. Alt-Futures
will forever live with me. Let’s be awkward online and make weird
shit! Let’s continue to share the web (sharing links as gift
giving)! Let's keep nurturing our digital gardens. ✿
– Hanan Abbas
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This summer residency made having casual community and new
resources genuinely fun and accessible. It felt really affirming
to be brought together by our individual - but mutual appreciation
for self expression, creation and pushing personal boundaries. Alt
Futures (to me) was a peak into the endless possibilities of what
happens when we take up space. It’s refreshing and encouraging,
really. Some things don’t need to be said when your lived
experience is relatable. There were no expectations for how things
would pan out besides knowing what we left with would be valuable.
We give thanks to all the guidance and support along the way.
– Abby Adjekum
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Participating in the Alt-Futures Residency provided me with the
opportunity to learn new skills, create community, and deepen my
engagement with my practice. I am so grateful to have been
afforded this space to learn amongst other emerging artists and
creatives who shared similar desires and interests. Through this
residency, I feel encouraged to expand on my creative practice and
pursue my curiosities even further. Eternally grateful for that.
<3
– Emkay Adjei-Manu
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what can I say truly about connection
while working with sounds of a soft power
pain of a hot summer
a migraine
a perfect rainy day, visiting
stories within the dust of a new building
shared within a stratoshpere
lateral distances I didn't understand but
could understand the shared feelings
Round the evenings frequency of 6-8pm
Of a delayed Wednesday goodbye
Thank you all to the fellow artists, facilitators of the
Alt-Futures Residency and programming staff at FMC. 2022 summer
flew by!
– Czarina Mendoza
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Together and alone, the collective spirit of Alt-futures
demonstrated that connection extends beyond physical touch. During
the summer of 2022, we weaved a shared history and created comfort
in a digital age. Coming together, and apart, I grew to miss the
presence of people I met but didn't. I grew to resent the space in
between yet find myself longing to inhabit it. A space where grief
and celebration intermingle. A space where expectations are hung
at the door and individuals are left free to create. A space where
alternate futures are infinite. What you see is a slice of what
could've been.
– Dalia Shalabi
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As a facilitator, I felt free to learn alongside all of the
residents. Seeing all of the residents take up new skills and to
share ideas and support each other was an amazing thing!
– John Hill, facilitator
We imagined this to be a space for collaboration [&] co-learning for
BIPOC creatives. How could we be active participants in our
collective futures? Fingers crossed for our seedlings friendships
to grow into long term support and resiliency as we continue to
navigate 'how to thrive', 'how to make cool stuff',& 'how to care
of ourselves and each other'. There are more questions than
answers but very grateful. To spend this time together. Happy
Futures to us all, and may the lizard overlord bless us everyone.
– Tee Kundu, facilitator
Alt-Futures 2022
BIPOC Media Arts Residency
Factory
Media Center
Hamilton, ON
