{"id":16561,"date":"2026-08-18T05:03:34","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T04:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.instantsvideo.com\/blog\/video\/utopia-an-ode-to-the-past-present-and-future\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T06:55:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T05:55:28","slug":"utopia-an-ode-to-the-past-present-and-future","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/www.instantsvideo.com\/blog\/video\/utopia-an-ode-to-the-past-present-and-future\/","title":{"rendered":"UTOPIA (an ode to the past, present and future)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">UTOPIA (une ode au pass\u00e9, au pr\u00e9sent et au futur) est une vid\u00e9o monocanal qui explore la mani\u00e8re dont les genres de danse tels que le voguing, le dancehall et la house ne sont pas singuliers mais s&rsquo;entrem\u00ealent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>UTOPIA (an ode to the past, present and future) is a single channel video that contemplates the ways in which dance genres such as voguing, dancehall, house are not singular but are interwoven with one another.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfreeway-production-storage-01-connector.filmfreeway.com\/attachments\/files\/009\/944\/428\/original\/UTOPIA_WIP_1.jpg?1761112196\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfreeway-production-storage-01-connector.filmfreeway.com\/attachments\/files\/009\/944\/429\/original\/UTOPIA_WIP_2.jpg?1761112209\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfreeway-production-storage-01-connector.filmfreeway.com\/press_kits\/headshots\/002\/584\/622\/original\/ae7adb812a-headshot.jpg?1761112139\" alt=\"\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover;width:200px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Mahlet Cuff <\/strong>est une artiste multidisciplinaire, commissaire d&rsquo;exposition, \u00e9crivaine, cin\u00e9aste, programmatrice de films, DJ, artiste sonore, organisatrice communautaire et travailleuse culturelle bas\u00e9e \u00e0 Winnipeg, au Manitoba (Trait\u00e9 1). \u00c0 travers une pratique ethnographique, elle s&rsquo;int\u00e9resse aux th\u00e8mes de la m\u00e9moire et de l&rsquo;effacement afin de comprendre les communaut\u00e9s noires queer diasporiques auxquelles elle appartient et avec lesquelles elle interagit. En utilisant une praxis citationnelle f\u00e9ministe noire et en interrogeant ses propres archives familiales, elle cr\u00e9e des histoires r\u00e9invent\u00e9es de la danse et de la musique noires queer diasporiques par le biais de collages visuels et sonores d&rsquo;images et de sons en mouvement. Le travail de Cuff a \u00e9t\u00e9 projet\u00e9 et expos\u00e9 \u00e0 Winnipeg, Toronto, Windsor, New York, Paris et au Br\u00e9sil. Son \u0153uvre vid\u00e9o intitul\u00e9e UTOPIA (une ode au pass\u00e9, au pr\u00e9sent et au futur) a \u00e9t\u00e9 finaliste du prix Fluxus Museum 2025 pour la vid\u00e9o exp\u00e9rimentale. Ses films sont distribu\u00e9s par VTape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Mahlet Cuff<\/strong> is a multidisciplinary artist, curator, writer, filmmaker, film programmer, DJ, sound artist, community organizer and arts cultural worker based in Winnipeg Manitoba (Treaty 1). Through an ethnographic based practice they are interested in themes of memory and erasure in order to make sense of the Black Queer diasporic communities they are a part of and engage with. By using Black feminist citational praxis and interrogating their own personal familial archives, they create reimagined Black Queer Diasporic dance and music histories by visually and sonically collaging moving images and sound. Cuff\u2019s work has been screened and exhibited in Winnipeg, Toronto, Windsor, New York, Paris and Brazil.Their video piece titled UTOPIA (an ode to the past, present and future) was shortlisted for the 2025 FluxusMuseum Prize for Experimental Video. 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