“Diasporic Life: A Lingua Franca of Black Aliveness is an ongoing artistic, collaborative research project that looks into the meaning, conceptualization, multiplicities and complexities of Black Aliveness across Europe. The project centers the Black imaginative world and the ways it enchants everyday Black life in Europe—beyond the shadows of violence. How do “we” keep each other alive? In what ways does Black Aliveness manifest itself in the visual and sonic cultures, Black people build for ourselves? And what methodologies, dreams and processes (re)shape the practices and daily lives of Black artists, activists and cultural workers?

This project is accompanied by I & I, which is a Speakeasy for Wayward Life. Inspired by the sonic and social rhythms of diasporic life—born in basements, living rooms and street corners from Amsterdam to Berlin, Lisbon to Brussels. I & I opens its doors each week with a broad program of listening sessions, DJ sets, readings and performances. More than just an installation, the space acts as a tribute to hidden Black spaces—where communities gather over basslines, gossip and laughter.”