MEDIA
The latest from the Rainbow Serpent Universe
Scholarly Lectures
Marques Redd (Lecturer). New Hermopolis: Ancient Egypt and the Art of Self-Becoming. The Hermopolis Symposium. New Malawi City, Egypt. October 25, 2024. (link)
Marques Redd, Mikael Owunna (Lecturers). Uniting the Gods & Their Statues: Activating Ancient Egyptian Cosmology. American Research Center in Egypt – Missouri Chapter. May 21, 2024. (link)
Marques Redd (Lecturer). Activating Egyptian Spirituality. Sacred Inclusion Network. October 04, 2022. ( link )
Marques Redd, Mikael Owunna (Panelists). Space and the Arts. Beyond the Cradle: Earth + Space. MIT Media Lab. Cambridge, MA. March 15, 2023. (link)
Marques Redd (Panelist). Archives of the Impossible. Rice University. Houston, TX. March 3-6, 2022. (link)
Mikael Owunna (Lecturer). Precolonial African Sexuality, Contemporary Homophobia, and #LimitlessAfricans. Middlebury College Museum of Art. Middlebury, VT. October 17, 2019. ( link )
Marques Redd (Panelist). Sun Ra. Myth Salon with Dr. Stephen C. Finley: Extraterrestrials, Myth and Racism. YouTube. January 26, 2023. ( link )
Marques Redd (Lecturer). Serving for the Gawds: The Splendor of Black Queer Possibility. The Esalen Institute Center for Theory & Research. Big Sur, CA. June 15, 2024. (link).
Marques Redd (Lecturer). Myth-Science of the Gatekeepers: The Reception of Ancient Egypt in 21st Century Pittsburgh. American Research Center in Egypt – Pittsburgh, PA. April 20, 2024. (link)
Mikael Owunna (Lecturer). Transcending The Body. TEDxTrinityCollege. May 26, 2020. ( link )
Marques Redd (Lecturer). Opening the Gates of Healing & Advocacy: Reviving Black Queer Divinity through the Arts. National AIDS Education & Services for Minorities (NAESM) National Conference. St. Louis, MO. May 31, 2024. (link).
Artist Talks
Marques Redd, Mikael Owunna. Space — A Visual Journey. Artist Talk with Mikael Owunna. Fotografiska. Stockholm, Sweden. October 19, 2024. (link)
Mikael Owunna. In the Artist's Studio. Museum of the African Diaspora. YouTube. May 31, 2023. ( link )
Mikael Owunna. Imagine Fresh Darkness. Blue Sky, Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts. Portland, OR. June 08, 2024. ( link )
Mikael Owunna. Left of Black. John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute at Duke University. YouTube. February 4, 2021. ( link )
Interviews & Podcasts
Marques Redd. Neon Galactic. "African Mysticism, Gender, Art & Transcendence — Episode 70" with James Faulk. December 30, 2024. (link)
Marques Redd. MashUp! TV. "African Spirituality & Queerness" with Brian Issac Marshall and Jerry Ivery. October 14, 2024. (link)
Mikael Owunna. KDKA Talk Pittsburgh. "Chatting with Rainbow Serpent's Mikael Owunna about the “The Three Sisters” light installation." December 30, 2024. (link)
Marques Redd. The Heinz Endowments: We Can Be Podcast. “Reviving ancient traditions to create the future of art” with host Chris DeCardy. October 23, 2024. (link)
Mikael Owunna. The Cosmic We Podcast. “Rediscovering Our Origins” with hosts Barbara Holmes and Donny Bryan. August 28, 2021. (link)
Marques Redd, Mikael Owunna. Lit Fridays. August Wilson African American Cultural Center. April 21, 2022. (link)
Marques Redd, Mikael Owunna. The Museum of Flight: Flight Deck Podcast. “Cosmic Storytellers” with host Sean Mobley. November 28, 2023. (link)
Marques Redd, Mikael Owunna. “Obi Mbu (The Movie) - Igbo Creation Myth Brought to Life by Dr. Mikael Owunna and Dr. Marques Redd.” The Medicine Shell. November 8, 2021. (link)
Web Articles
Pittsburgh City Paper. “Experience the radiant glass deities of Myth-Science of the Gatekeepers at Pittsburgh Glass Center” by Sean Beauford. May 08, 2024. (link)
NewsOne. “Marques Redd And Mikael Owunna Are ‘Pulling Back The Veil On What It Means To Be African’” by Ervin Dyer. August 09, 2024. (link)
The Bay Area Reporter. “Queer African-centric retreat coming to Big Sur” by Heather Cassel. May 10, 2023. (link)
Table Magazine. “Pittsburgh’s Rainbow Serpent Celebrates Black, Queer, and Multimedia Art” by Corinne Whiting. September 21, 2023. (link)
90.5 WESA. “Pittsburgh exhibit views Egyptian gods through a contemporary queer lens” by Bill O'Driscoll. July 25, 2024. (link)
