Black Spectrum is a global cultural collective exploring film, art, fashion, music, and storytelling through encounters shaped by image, memory, and imagination. Founded by Melissa Alibo for ASVOFF — created by Diane Pernet — the platform brings together emerging voices, cinematic language, and cross-cultural dialogue through a distinct curatorial lens.
Rooted in the celebration of Black creativity across the globe. the collaboration blends Black Spectrum’s curatorial vision with C41’s cinematic approach to explore new visual perspectives and craft disruptive and emotionally resonant narratives.
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Nigerian visual artist working primarily in photography, film, and sound. Oboro holds a B.A. in Broadcast Journalism from Nottingham Trent University. He is the recipient of the Access ART X Prize (2023) and Independent Photographer Award (2024).
Dafe Oboro
his works birth a certain idealism to Afrocentric concepts; whimsical, soft yet powerfully contrasting with sharp silhouettes, colours and stories. Attracted to old cinema and afro futurism, Nigerian born Artist is deeply concerned with advancing the scope of African narratives.
Daniel Obasi
director and photographer raised in London who has developed his craft from the worlds of fashion, music & bleeding edge culture. Crossing over from the music industry, his work elicits powerful uses of analogies and on-the-pulse narrative and character underpinnings.
Dumas Haddad
visual artist based in London. Known for his emotionally resonant work, Filmawi brings a unique blend of poetic realism and human intimacy to his projects. His artistic vision has captured the attention of both the fashion and music worlds.
Filmawi
It is through various commissioned experiences that he was able to professionalize himself and learn the basics of what it takes to navigate into the industry, both as an artist and a freelancer.