Dark Matters

Dark Matters is an experimental sound film about belonging, dissonance, and the alienation of embodiment under state surveillance. The film follows the metaphysical journey of a spirit entering a body, on its way to Earth—a narrative allegory for Black American consciousness. As our identities are rendered foreign to ourselves through systems of control, this piece asks: What does it mean to come home to a body you’ve been taught to fear?

The audiovisual landscape blends atmospheric sound with poetic lyrics and original set design. Constructed from recycled cardboard and plastic, the spaceship capsule becomes both a vessel and a metaphor—illustrating how capitalist conditions impose material limitations on the spiritual self. The sonic composition shifts between spoken word and song, documenting emotional turbulence while reaching for healing, autonomy, and reclamation.

At its core, Dark Matters is a meditation on estrangement and emergence—offering a Black speculative vision that insists on the wholeness of self amid fragmentation.