In a UK premiere of  DISCOTROPIC | Alien Talk Show, niv Acosta  seizes on an elementary medium of intimate exposure – television  and the confessional culture of the talk show – to explore the  relationships between science fiction, disco, astrophysics  and the black American experience. In collaboration with local  performers, Acosta tapes a talk show to revisit past futures  and claim a fantastical site of possibility.

SPECIAL GUESTS:
Rumbi Mautsi
No-Filter Rawchelle
Fannie Sosa‬
Rochelle & Serena

WITH SPECIAL SEGMENTS BY:
Tavia Nyong’o & Jeffrey Williams

Video Designer: Bleue Liverpool

Talk Show Host: Yessenia Acosta

Production Assistant: Katia Aisha

Jacket design: Joana Rosa Architect

CREDITS:
MAP Fund
Christian McLaughlin
Paul Maheke
Radical Black & Brown Hotties
Caitlin Marz
Fake Accent
Alicia Keys
Pierre Debuscherre
Celia Rowlson-Hall

Image credit: Arron Leppard