Black Metal

_{Black Metal is a “Kitchen Table” book that explores a new protocol to space. The book comprises four sections, authored by four different artists, describing an Afrofuturist world wear space protocol is reimagined through a spirtual procession.

Companion 180 Vol. 1 is the second chapter of the book. It is comprised of a speculative manual for a spacesuit used on an interstellar pilgrimage, known as the Dark Voyage. On this pilgrimage, voyagers terraform the Earth through spiritual growth as they undergo the process of “shedding”. In this world we voyage into outer space to understand our inner selves.}

^{Available for purchase at https://www.afrotectopia.org/}

^{Black Metal is a special limited edition (500 copies), intricately designed, kitchen table art book. Pushing the boundaries of space travel, science fiction, speculative design, Black culture, art, technology, and spirituality, Black Metal is simultaneously an archive and catalyst of future worlds.

Artists: Jordan Caldwell (@jordan__silver ), Kordae Jatafa Henry (@jatafa), Jeremy Kamal (@jeremykamal), Ari Melenciano (@ariciano)

Specs:

208 pages

Hard cushioned cover, 8.5” x 11”

Typefaces: Art Company Mono @furniture.xyz

PP Neue Machina @pangram.pangram

Designed by WSDIA (We Should do it all)

Design Team: @jungturd @mpmpbui @janetishungry

Print and bound by: @smalleditionsnyc

Partners: @itp_nyu , @mitmedialab

Supported by: @fordfoundation}