Arts + Public Life welcomes you to a night of high-frequency culture centered around the screening of Kahlil Joseph’s BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions. This event transforms the cinematic experience into a living environment where film and hip-hop culture collide. Following a small opening reception and the film screening, the evening continues with a series of activations designed to mirror the energy from the screen.

Expect a night of movement and making featuring a live DJ set and art-making stations alongside space for drinks, small bites and discussion. Stay tuned as we announce specific activation details and the lineup of featured artists joining us for this takeover.

ABOUT THE FILM

Adapted from Kahlil Joseph’s renowned video art installation BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions is a distinctive cinematic experience that mirrors the sonic textures of a record album. The film weaves fiction and history into an immersive journey where fictionalized figures of W. E. B. Du Bois and Marcus Garvey join artists and musicians and Joseph’s own family to present a bold vision for the future.

Presented by Arts + Public Life with generous support from the Department of Sociology’s Ethnography Incubator, the Department of Race, Diaspora and Indigeneity, the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality, the Film Studies Center, the Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture and the Center for Contemporary Theory (3CT).