In recognition of Juneteenth, now a federal holiday commemorating of the end of enslaved people in the United States, we present AF3 Digital Art Fest. The Afrofuturism Experience will hold its first annual event as part of an immersive experience through the arts, technology and science at WJCT Studios, 100 Festival Park Avenue, Jacksonville, FL. 32202 from 10 am – 6pm. Get your tickets: http://afrofuturismexperience.com/

 

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The Afrofuturism Experience includes educational exhibits and workshop presentations, a multimedia projected art gallery, live performances, and an NFT art gallery featuring renowned and emerging artist. Live performances by Ebony Payne-English who is an author, poet, spoken word artist, author, performer playwright and educator in Jacksonville as well as Willie Evans, JR., a MC, producer, multimedia visual artist and ground breaking hip-hop musician. The live performances will feature a re-envisioning of the 1974 movie “Space is the Place,” and other Afrofuturistic themes.

Jason is a multimedia digital artist, technologist, soccer enthusiast and visionary behind the AF3.world NFT Marketplace - a set of decentralized tools built on web3 technologies for artists, creators and collectors.

Jason’s professional life extends into multiple industries from over 20+ years of Financial Services, Entertainment, Technology, Small Business Consulting, and Entrepreneurship. As a graduate of University of Phoenix’s Executive Education programs he holds an MBA in Technology Management, Bachelor of Sciences in Business Management and Certifications in Entertainment Production Management and Multimedia Design from Academy of Entertainment and Technology at Santa Monica College. Jason has incorporated his experience, knowledge and passions into a deeper calling through the creation of the new decentralized multimedia art platform, called “Afrofuturism Experience” presented on AF3.world.

Building on top of the Afrofuturism construct coined in the early 90’s by Mark Dery in his landmark essay “Black to the Future,” the convergence of African Culture with science and technology has resulted in Afrofuturism 3.0 (AF3) where we execute on the speculative visions of Afrofuturism 1.0 - 2.0 into the promised technological advances of Web3.0 - that is to say a decentralized environment that represents a digital extension of our physical selves into the future.

Jason Marley and his wife live in Jacksonville, Florida where they are raising their 4 children (1 daughter and 3 sons) spanning different generational ages from 21 (college senior), to 16 (high school junior), to 11 (elementary school 5th grader), to 22 months (toddler). The challenges of raising children, managing a career, maintaining a cohesive marriage relationship and engagement with community via entrepreneurial passion is what keeps him going with purpose beyond my self-interest. Jason is a dedicated father who enjoys coaching soccer, traveling with his family and anything that includes being out on the water. He attributes his awareness and deep sense of community to his upbringing being raised by his mother who taught as a college professor of Psychology and African Diaspora history. Jason grew up in the Lutheran faith where his family has a long history of black Lutheran pastors and church family commitment towards living within God's grace.