Utopian Cartography

In this episode of Utopian Cartography, Neonn Felicity sat down with the guerrilla poet laureate of Sacramento, Andru Defeye, to discuss the role of art in perpetuating or disrupting toxic patterns of complacency with the injustices in the world.   Andru Defeye is a conscious existential emcee, founder of the guerrilla performance crew Zero Forbidden Goals, Communications Director for the community activist art space Sol Collective, & the vibrant host of a series of open mic events at Sol & on street corners around Sacramento.   Topics discussed include: popular culture as a narcissistic lullaby, art as a vehicle for collective consciousness, manifestation vs. privileged positivity culture, change as an inevitable process of unfolding, the different forms activism takes in different eras, creativity as a critical engagement with the world, how we can learn to listen to each other & why, how to prevent the robo-cops of the future from being racist too, informal 2-way intergenerational education, ho