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Special Programs
00:00Saturday, October 24th, 2026

AMPERS&ND [sound machine] RADIO ! episode 001 of A.s.m.R blends jazz, jam, & dialogue, in a mix combining soul stirring sounds – from personal & collective archives – with engaging conversational exchange between fellow inter/multi/trans/anti- disciplinary artists & thinkers on themes of ancestral intelligence, intuitive practice, & our devotion to remixing source material. s.j.a will also be in conversation with artist & filmmaker liani greaves – granddaughter of renowned experimental documentarian william greaves. among other topics, they discuss the newest greaves family film “once upon a time in harlem”, which opens in theatres nationwide this october.

creator / curator: s.j.a (AMPERS&ND Media Worx)
sound edit / sound design: rena anakwe (A Space for Sound)
producer: folaṣade adesanya (Center for Afrofuturist Studies)
sponsors / collaborators: Center for Afrofuturist Studies, Public Space One, Lumpen Radio, with special thanks to Liani Greaves & William Greaves Productions

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