Parole à : Jeff Mills

Parole à Jeff Mills, auteur de l'oeuvre sonore "African Innervision" de l'exposition Diaspora.

If we in the Eastern and Western cultures hold any value to tradition, then Africa must be our most precious asset. The ‘Motherland’ holds the most clues and answers to who and what we are, where we come from and most importantly, where we could be headed as a species. The blueprints of our physical, mental and social well being lies within Africa and as the world continues to study African culture and it’s
treasures, it is important to not only look to the past, but also the future. To explore what position and role Africa will have in the world to come, we must look within ourselves and our own societies to point out the foundations: what we deem as necessary or crucial to the survival of mankind.
The Global soundtrack I have composed is an instinctive response to the subject of African Diaspora. It derives from a vision I have that Futuristic Africa and Africans become vital to the exploration of the Human Mind, our Solar System, Outer Space and beyond. It is a subject that has been rarely discussed and taught for reasons that are unknown. This Global soundtrack bares resemblance to tribal rhythms and beats, but there are also complex underlying sequences that represent how I envision the mentality of Africa through the changes of New Technology and Science.
It is with enormous pleasure and great gentility I contribute to this body of work. It is a subject I feel that speaks to the entire world through one unconditionally adored voice. The scope and depth of the African Diaspora is far from being contained because it lies within each and every one of us.