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DJ Spooky Curates Playlist for Afrofuturism Exhibition at The Oakland Museum

Mothership: Voyage Into Afrofuturism

August 7, 2021–February 27, 2022

Afrofuturism is a lot of things. It’s the past, present, and future reimagined through a Black cultural lens. Visionary, spiritual, and generative, it is art, music, literature, and cinema that expresses a just future where Black people and Black ideas thrive. It is fantasy and science fiction that envisions the African Diaspora and Black culture as central in a technically advanced and culturally rich civilization. It is also the ordinary—now— in this very moment and the everyday pleasures that may often be seen as mundane. Afrofuturism is a strategy for Black community building.

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October 4, 2021
HOMENEWSRESIDENCIES

Paul D. Miller is Artist in Residence at Yale University Quantum Institute 2021-2022

After a year of hiatus, the Yale Quantum Institute continues its artist-in-residence program to explore art as a medium with the goal to increase our understanding and discourse of quantum physics.

Starting this month, we will welcome multimedia artist, composer and writer Paul Miller aka DJ Spooky. His work immerses audiences in a blend of genres, global culture, and environmental and social issues. Miller has collaborated with an array of recording artists, including Metallica, Chuck D, Steve Reich, and Yoko Ono.

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September 6, 2021
ARTICLESHOMENEWS

“RACE FILMS”: THE BLACK FILM INDUSTRY THAT TOLD BLACK STORIES IN CINEMA’S EARLIEST DAYS

PAUL D. MILLER, AKA DJ SPOOKY, IS A COMPOSER, MULTIMEDIA ARTIST, AND WRITER WHOSE WORK IMMERSES AUDIENCES IN A BLEND OF GENRES, GLOBAL CULTURE, AND ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES.

PAUL D. MILLER, A.K.A. DJ SPOOKY, UNSPOOLS THE COMPLICATED HISTORY OF AN ALTERNATIVE HOLLYWOOD DEDICATED TO TELLING AFRICAN AMERICAN STORIES. PLUS: READ WHAT CRITICS SAID ABOUT THE FILMS AT THE TIME.

For Black History Month, DJ Spooky was commissioned to make a list of foundational films that he felt spoke to the history of African American cinema in film.

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February 2, 2021
ARTICLESHOMEMEDIANEWS

New Sounds #4156: Four Millers And A Stone

There’s music by Paul D. Miller, aka DJ Spooky, and music by drummer, composer, and bandleader, Allison Miller. Also, hear sound art by Minnesota-based Scott L. Miller, and Paganini arranged by Liszt, recomposed by New York-based Scott D. Miller. Plus, a work by computer music composer Carl Stone.

DJ Spooky’s music with Kronos Quartet was featured on Jon Schaefer’s legendary show New Sounds, along with Bang on A Can, Laurie Anderson, and others.

LISTEN AT NEW SOUNDS
November 19, 2020
HOMEMOVIESNEWS

ART + TECHNOLOGY

DJ Spooky has participated in a series curated by Bloomberg Media and Hyundai Technologies for their inaugural ART + TECHNOLOGY Series. The other participants are renowned video artist from China, Lu Yang and James Coupe.

August 5, 2020
NEWS

DJ Spooky hosts Design With Life: Terreform One

Wednesday, May 27, 2020
6PM EST
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As part of Microsoft’s Sustainability Speaker Series, TED Fellow, ecological architect, and mad scientist Dr. Mitchell Joachim of Terreform ONE brings together a candid crowd of experts to talk about the future of sustainability and his mission to use the power of design to combat planetary extinction. His new book, Design With Life, written with his co-founder Maria Aiolova, looks at acts of ecological design that showcase the potential of designing with nature, not against it. From worm-eating styrofoam incinerators to butterfly sanctuary double-skin facades and cricket sex pods, Terreform One shows us some of their most radical visions for ecology’s role in the survival of our planet. Joachim and Aiolova will be joined by Dr. Peder Anker and author, Charles C. Mann, to discuss how biological processes can create resilient answers to tomorrow’s most pressing urban challenges.

This series is moderated by Paul Miller AKA DJ Spooky and sponsored by The Microsoft Garage.

DESIGN WITH LIFE

May 19, 2020
NEWS

Earth Day Live

Earth Day – Virtual Edition
April 22, 23, 24

Doing this for Earth Day! Join us!

Al Gore • Joaquin Phoenix • Moby • Dr. Sweta Chakraborty • Dr Michael Greger • Talib Kweli • DJ Spooky • Michael Franti • Matt McGorry • Daniel Fernandez • Monica Dogra • Chef Alexandra Shrader • Lisa Edlestein • Luke Baines • Megan Boone • Sharon Carpenter • Ilyasah Shabazz • Patricia Arquette • Tim Heidecker • Rosanna Arquette • Madame Gandhi • Emily Wells • Shep Fairey • Laurie Anderson • Angela Rye • Chef Dominique Crenn • Lil Dicky • Kathryn Budig • Ed Begley Jr. • Tony Revolori • Louie Schwartzberg • Angelique Kidjo • Jason Mraz • Soul Clap

EARTH DAY LIVE

April 15, 2020