EVENT

PHI, in collaboration with Film POP, presents a screening of the film Space Is the Place (1974), directed by John Coney, at Cinéma Moderne.

This futuristic cult classic offers a visionary journey through stories of reinventing Black identity, speculative cosmology, and cultural resistance. Ra, a messenger sent by the ancestors, accompanied by his Arkestra, embodies an intergalactic ambassador tasked with teleporting the Black diaspora to another planet. At the heart of Space Is the Place, jazz and the cosmos become the site of emancipation, re-enchantment of the world, and struggle. 

This screening is presented in conjunction with the exhibition Josèfa Ntjam: swell of spæc(i)es, on view from September 10, 2025 to January 11, 2026, at PHI, as part of the 19th edition of MOMENTA Biennale d’art contemporain.