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By Kemi Karim
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MORENXXX: INTERDISCIPLINARY ARTIST + DJ
MORENXXX | MORENXXX'S Home | Kemi Karim
COVID-19 has affected the lives of many across the globe. However, this has not stopped individuals from fighting against injustice and corruption. MORENXXX, an interdisciplinary artist & DJ, explains the future of DJing and their effort to create social change.
What do you think the future of DJing will look like due to COVID-19?
I really don’t know. Based on what's happening in Europe, I think we’ll get back to some sort of normalcy. However, another part of me feels like the risk is too great to play with. Since quarantine, I have participated in some raves, playing some and even attending a few. It’s difficult to know what’s the proper way of going about this. I think people are still going to organize ways to have raves/parties. I just want us to figure out a solution that can reduce the risk of spreading the virus - similar to how people can take flights right now (there are strict guidelines that mandate testing 48 hours before engagement). Truthfully, I dislike playing zoom parties, they’re pretty unfulfilling and sort of depressing, but I appreciate them as a tool to fundraise.
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When did you play your first set?
3 years ago, I played my first set in front of actual DJs and was incredibly nervous. To some extent, I really wanted it to be over but felt accomplished because the audience danced. The other DJs were really supportive and booked me for other parties.
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Tell us something you’ve always wanted to do, but never had the opportunity to?
I want to curate a performance festival. I think great things will come from putting certain people in the same room and seeing what comes out of it.
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Are you working on any projects?
I am currently in production for my upcoming project, 'La Brisa VA, la Brisa viene', a work that explores the current condition of sovereignty in Puerto Rico, owing to environmental catastrophe and political corruption. This work is a fragmentation of familial footage, 3d animation, performance and sound. La Brisa VA, la Brisa seeks to ridicule circumnavigate and rapture modes of surveillance, complex Afro-diasporic forms of resistance and generational trauma. Although this work seems to venture into more heavy material: it is an effort to reconcile.