The AMC2015 Opening Ceremony will ground us in an experience of media that is both traditional and futuristic, that is a process of grieving and healing, that is all the ways we communicate with the world. We will learn how media is being used across our network of networks to Wage Love – in Detroit, where the late activist Charity Hicks, first issued the call to Wage Love for a just water system – and rippling out across the tracks, practice spaces, and network gatherings of AMC2015. We will highlight the genius and vision behind the call of Black Lives Matter that has resounded over the past year, with an emphasis on the creativity and communication arts we need to end anti-black racism within individuals, communities, and systems of power. We will close with a dance performance to celebrate our convergence in this place at this particular moment in history to build a more just, creative, and collaborative world.
Presenters: DJ IZLA, VJ CaliXta, Ryan Dennison, Tawana “Honeycomb” Petty, Patrisse Cullors, Brinae Ali and Destination Forever: Black Matter Vol. 2, Jenny Lee and Morgan Willis.
