Artificial intelligence artist Joe Paul recently announced the launch of his online exhibit dedicated to Black history.
Made available for Black History Month, the exhibit, titled “LIBERATION: The Gallery of Afrofuturism Redefined with AI,” is a virtual art gallery that celebrates Black excellence through historical figures and “What If?” plots.
In the gallery, historical figures, such as Harriet Tubman, are given reimagined futures with Malcolm X serving as a UN Ambassador advocating for justice and Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. being inaugurated as the 36th president of the U.S.
Starting from the Motherland, nations like Haiti are also reimagined as being a technological hub through virtual reality and artificial intelligence.
“LIBERATION does not merely showcase art created by AI through the eyes of a black man; it rewrites narratives,” said artist and creator Joe Paul in a press release. “What if the brilliance of African American minds had been unshackled throughout history?”
The online exhibit is launching around the same time numerous other institutions are announcing their celebrations for Black History Month.
Set for display in Princeton’s Public Library in New Jersey, the Black Inventors Hall of Fame announced an exhibit dedicated to celebrating Black inventors. Approximately 64 historical Black creators will be featured.
Through images and narrations, their stories, their inventions and their impact will be told.
Amongst those included is Granville T. Woods. Woods became the first Black mechanical and electrical engineer in the U.S., submitting over 50 patents for his inventions.
While he’s responsible for creating a variety of tools that serve as the basis of numerous inventions used today, he’s most famously known for his work on improving train systems.
In 1887, he created the Synchronous Multiplex Railway Telegraph which allowed for the railroad workers to communicate with the trains, allowing them to track the vehicles to prevent death.
At the Metropolitan Museum of Art, artist creators are being celebrated with an upcoming exhibit on the Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism.
Using 160 works of painting, film and other art forms, the creations of artists such as Augusta Savage, Meta Warrick Fuller, Charles Alson and others will be used to detail life in Harlem during the 1920s to 1940s.
“The first art museum survey of the subject in New York City since 1987, the exhibition will establish the Harlem Renaissance and its radically new development of the modern Black subject as central to the development of international modern art,” said museum representatives per a press release.
