MOOR MOTHER

Moor Mother is an poet, musician, and american activist, and one of the most radical voices in contemporary music. Her work brings together experimental electronics, punk, rap, noise, and Afrofuturism, exploring themes related to black history, colonial trauma, and liberation.

A prolific artist, she co-leads the jazz group Irreversible Entanglements and the collective Black Quantum Futurism with Rasheedah Phillips, developing immersive projects rooted in collective memory and speculative futures. She is also an Assistant Professor at the University of Southern California.

Shinkolobwe

“Shinkolobwe,” which premiered at the Venice Biennale, takes its name from the Congolese mine of Shinkolobwe, exploited under Belgian colonial rule and linked to the extraction of uranium used to produce the atomic bombs.

Through electronics, spoken word, archival materials, and vocal forms that recall ancient laments, Moor Mother creates a composition that examines imperial violence embedded in natural and political history. The work unfolds as a fragmented sound archive, layering residues and memories while reflecting on the lives of those who still exist in the shadow of the mine.

Cover Photo Credit: Ebru Yildiz