The Cult of The Blacksmith

Commissioned by the Solar Protocol for “Sun Thinking”

In northern Ghanaian oral literature, the blacksmith plays a central role in shaping the relationship between natural resources and technological advancements. Hakeem Adam’s audio essay “The Cult of the Blacksmith” reanimates the rich mythology surrounding this figure, with a keen eye toward how the stories may resonate with contemporary hopes for solar power.

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Sun Thinking is a group exhibition that brings together artists, writers, and researchers to explore the qualities and logics of solar power and solar powered computing networks. It presents a collection of network-based artworks, games, texts, and interviews and is the first exhibition project to be hosted on the Solar Protocol network.

Curatorial Team

  • Tega Brain

  • Alex Nathanson

  • Benedetta Piantella

  • Kate Silzer

  • Advisor

  • Taeyoon Choi

Supported By

  • Mozilla Creative Media Award

  • Integrated Design and Media, NYU

Designer

  • Samantha Griffith

Contributors

  • Hakeem Adam

  • Mark Anthony Hernandez Motaghy

  • honor ash

  • Stephanie Dick

  • Rory Gillen and Anna Madeline Raupach

  • Felix Lenz

  • Jen Liu

  • Kristin Lucas and Joe McKay

  • Allison Parrish

  • Anne Pasek

  • Everest Pipkin

  • Brian Sutherland

  • Marloes de Valk

  • Roopa Vasudevan

  • Denzel Wamburu

  • Alice Yuan Zhang