”Recursive Futures… Precarious Crossings: “heavy as water more fit for gills than
lungs”*”
Conversation between Jessica Edwards and Mikkel Rørbo (Weibel
Institute)
In this conversation, Jessica Edwards’ presentation on the
temporal vacuoles of fugitivity, explored through the historical context of the Transatlantic Middle Passage and the contemporary
Middle Passage of the illegalised precarious crossings, forms the starting point. Through conversation with researcher Mikkel
Rørbo, the two will consider the sounding of bodies, the sharing of embodied knowledges, and the entanglements of racial capitalism,
histories and futurities while reflecting on the manifold themes presented through the films of The Otolith Group and Black
Quantum Futurism.
This is part of unsafe+sounds festival.
Before the conversation, there will be a screening “Infinity Minus Infinity” from 13:00-14:30h at ikw. The following
films will be shown:
THE OTOLITH GROUP: “Infinity Minus Infinity” (2019)
BLACK QUANTUM FUTURISM: “Write
No History” (2021)
BLACK QUANTUM FUTURISM: “Time Travel Machine” (2017)
Find more information on the
website. 
