with DJ Coco Curious

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Artist Statement: LET GO, LET TECHNO is an ode to Detroit’s dancefloor through psychedelic quilts reflecting the power we hold in collective form on the dancefloor. dive into the nature of the quests for freedom that can only be nurtured by nightfall. From the need to traverse borders to in the dark to flee our oppressors to the act of dancing your pain away under the moonlight, we all seek something better. These quits examine individual visions of freedom through a collective framework that says that when we transform ourselves, we transform the world around us. When we LET GO, LET TECHNO on the dancefloor, we tap into our collective potential, opening the possibility for that transformation to occur.

Artist Bio: Diana Nucera, aka “Mother Cyborg,” is a multimedia artist who uses quilts, performance, music, DIY publishing, and installation to elevate a collective technological consciousness and agency. Diana taps into the power of art, media, and technology to facilitate educational and emotional experiences. Her work draws from fourteen years of community organizing in Detroit, Michigan, during which time she wrote guides and devised organizing models to fight digital redlining. In 2019, Diana was recognized with a Kresge Arts literary fellowship; in 2021, she became a United States Artist Fellow in Media; in 2022, she was awarded a Knight Arts and Tech Fellowship and a Rockefeller Bellagio Fellowship.