Jamming Day 4 - Learning from Counter-Futures: Practising Afrofuturisms

Jamming Day 4 | Learning from Counter-Futures: Practising AfrofuturismsReadings, screening, sound intervention and collective deliberationsReadings, screening, sound intervention and collective deliberations led by The Otolith Group and facilitated by special guests.
Contributions from Black Waters, C Lavender and more to be announced. Collective deliberations facilitated by JJ Fadaka, response Khadea Santi and artist-designed refreshment by Jek McAllister.Part of Jamming The Ignorant Art School - Exhibition: 9 October – 12 December 2026About the ExhibitionJamming The Ignorant Art School is an experimental exhibition and event project bringing together the ideas, tactics and strategies that have resonated most strongly with artists, contributors and participants across The Ignorant Art School: Five Sit-ins Towards Creative Emancipation (2021–2025), Cooper Gallery’s landmark five-year programme.Featured Artworks and ArchivesFeatured artworks by Sam Ainsley with Anne-Marie Copestake, Anne Bean, Sutapa Biswas, Sheba Chhachhi, Ruth Ewan, Tari Ito, Audre Lorde, Annabel Nicolson, The Otolith Group, Old Boys Network, Georgina Starr and Monica Ross alongside archival and ephemeral material of Edinburgh Arts, Haven for Artists, The Hackney Flashers, Gudskul, OutRage!, Rooftop Institute, The Hedgeschool Project, The Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp, The 1968 Hornsey Sit-in, and Womanifesto.Event Access- Event will take place on level 2 of the gallery
- Light vegetarian and vegan food will be provided
- non-alcoholic refreshments will be provided
For General Access and Access Fund information see Cooper Gallery’s website at University of Dundee
Funding support : The exhibition is supported by the National Lottery through Creative Scotland and with the kind support of Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art Centenary Trust.