SLAMDANCE TV is a video essay on ‘Afropunk’ identity formation, black aesthetics in punk, and the dynamics of the moshpit. It was published in 2021 by The Kitchen, accompanied by a short essay on The Black Rock Coalition. An extended version was presented as an installation at The Bushwick Starr in conjuction with SLAMDANCE garage in 2025.
“If I was black and normal I’d still get fucked with, so I might as well do what I want to do and just take my chances.”
-Marlon Whitfield, Another State of Mind (1984)