Rockefeller New Media Foundation Proposal

Abstract

New Negrotopia is an interactive new media project examining the theme of utopian space and the hegemony of race. The concept for the project comes out of current critical dialogues concerning notions of "post-blackness". New Negrotopia will be presented as a post-race, island resort and amusement park, modeled on theme environment-utopias, such as Disney World, in which the participant is invited to become a tourist through their own racial construction and history.