Matthew Omelsky
Fugitive Time: Global Aesthetics and the Black Beyond
Fugitive Time: Global Aesthetics and the Black Beyond
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In Fugitive Time, Matthew Omelsky explores the embodied experience of time in black artforms from the 20th and 21st centuries, tracing the sensations and thoughts that accompany desires for freedom. He shows how fugitive time is a utopian desire for a new form of being, evolving from the Black Audio Film Collectives' Twilight City to Sun Ras' transformation of scientific racism into an insurgent fugitive aesthetic.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 280 pages
Publication date: 02 January 2024
Publisher: Duke University Press
In his groundbreaking work "Fugitive Time," Matthew Omelsky delves into the profound and multifaceted embodied experience of time in twentieth- and twenty-first-century black artforms from across the globe. Through the lens of time, he explores the intricate sensations and cascading thoughts that accompany the yearning for freedom, manifesting in the diverse works of artists such as Toni Morrison, Yvonne Vera, Aimé Césaire, and Issa Samb. "Fugitive time" encapsulates a distinct utopian aspiration, aimed at the impending moment when the body and mind will be liberated from the enduring violence that has plagued black lives worldwide for centuries, ushering in a new era of existence. Omelsky astutely demonstrates that fugitive time goes beyond mere attainment of transcendence; rather, it serves as a vibrant social gathering, perpetuating the notion of freedom as an ecstatic experience. From the yearning for ethereal queer worlds depicted in the Black Audio Film Collectives' Twilight City to Sun Ras's transformative reimagining of nineteenth-century scientific racism into an insurgent fugitive aesthetic, Omelsky showcases the evolution and enduring dominance of fugitive time in global black cultural expression. This thought-provoking exploration invites us to reimagine the temporal dimensions of our lives and the ways in which art can shape our understanding of freedom and liberation.
Weight: 398g
Dimension: 152 x 228 x 19 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781478025382
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