THE NūHUMAN PROJECT : THE NūHUMAN FOUNDATION

As we further look into ways of being a positive impact and influence within our local and broader communities, we’re led to develop The NūHUMAN Project and Foundation.

The SuperWomen and Men of this world are not Caucasians. They are unique individuals who have endured, survived and progressed thru trial and tribulation born by natural incident and/or human intention. The true SuperPeople are those have proven resilient while still serving a purpose benefit more than some.

Our ideas as developed and shared are to evoke a renewed sense of purpose and belonging to and thru individuals that have the potential to affect change in a more positive and promising direction for People of Color, Ethnicity and Culture within America. Our intention and hope is to assist in reforming the self-identity of what it is and means to be a Person of Color to that of much more potential into and for the future. We believe thru publications, comics, apparel and other such aesthetic items, we have the potential to create opportunity and a greater path for the next generations to become greater versions of who we are today.

As a part of the process to develop this project, we’re debuting a unique line of Artwork that caters to reinforce positive and progressive values for People of Color and the exploration of new ideas and concepts.

IDEOLOGIES OF THE NūHUMAN

Our basic concept on The NūHUMAN Project and Foundation are rooted in the belief that Art and Design can equally fuel growth and innovation within Communities of Color. We believe that the artistic communication of principles and values are the most natural combatant to what has flooded communities already. Ideas and concepts thru imagery and videography as to also influence and affect products that then influence and affect environmental aesthetics is the goal.

For a society that is oversaturated with ideas and concepts brought by immigration, there must be attention paid to the loss of focus and unified attention to African Americans and their associated communities. What it is to be African American itself needs and requires attention as to address issues that run pervasive within society as a whole. The diversity of African Americans based upon the varieties of heritage that get classified as African American is a resounding problem. Where a first generation Nigerian might have offspring with an Asian but that child born on American soil basically makes them African American. While a child of two different worlds, in America, they’ll most likely feel the affects of being lumped into one. One that has come to a point of having certain and specific identities, communal traits, stigmas and assumptions, being put into the African American community is not one that ensures success just because. While it should, it does not. Just as any other racial or ethnic group, there are key markers and identifiers that make someone easily known and accepted within their communities. African Americans have them but mixed much more sophisticated and elaborate issues and then explanations.

We believe that the dysfunctions that are a part of the African American identity have been actively as well as passively constructed thru many factors before, during and after slavery. Those factors have been ramped up and quite effective in the diminishing and detriment of those People of Color born on American soil and are still very much at play. Here are the top three principles we operate with that—thru Art development—might help to combat the issues that plague these communities now:

I. SELF-IDENTITY & ACCEPTANCE

Whether something like a page or note out of a comic book, we believe that African Americans and People of Color born of multiple heritages are the future—The Future—of the human identity. The meshing and melding of groups from around the world is eventual due to progress and success in discovery, business and commerce. We believe there is the necessity to move pass the rigid concepts that fuel bigotry and hate in favor of racial purity and the then associated pride. The hard-defining line that goes to separate (…specially as contradictory to discovery, business and commerce). This separation is to define those who are “supposedly” to be superior, better and therefore owners, founders and masters.

II. ACCEPTING THE PAST TO FUEL THE FUTURE

The future is and should be of the utmost importance in life. While the concept of the future can be altered, adapted and changed to fit particular paradigms and narratives the fact is that there is a priority to focus on the future while resisting being stuck in the past. We must accept was is and has been. We must accept it then move beyond it. Whether negative or positive, we must use the past to inform us who and where we are now to get to where we need to be for tomorrow.

III. PRIORITIZATION OF COMMONALITIES INSTEAD OF DIFFERENCES

We must move forward within our endeavors by finding, seeing, accepting and understanding the common traits we share with others instead of placing value on what uniquely makes us individual. While our individual uniqueness is important for self identity, we should act with a sense of common human experience. In the pursuit of survival, we must perceive ourselves with a sense of humility acknowledging that community should and must precedence over individuality.

We’re constantly looking for and seeking out local individuals of uniqueness and special distinction to work with. As most of the LIAM IAN Projects are generally designed to have overlapping conceptual and ideological components, we’re committed to engaging with others to help develop this project to a fruitful and beneficial completion. Contact us today for information on how to participate!

THE NūHUMAN PROJECT : THE NūHUMAN FOUNDATION