Helmed by Wi-Moto Nyoka, Dusky Projects produces genre projects, events, workshops, and experiences in audio, immersive theater, and mixed media for adult and young adult audiences. The work focuses on inclusive storytelling and equity through the production and celebration of BIPOC artists.
Current Projects:
Affordable Housing is a slasher comedy short film about keeping a cheap apartment no matter what. Winner of the Nightmares Film Festival, 13 Horror screenplay competition, and British Horror Film Festival Blood List. The project has received support from Scribe Video, Independent Media Foundation, and the Leeway Foundation. It is currently in post production.
Black Women Are Scary is a radio-dramatic podcast that celebrates and produces short horror stories by BIPOC authors. It is a recent recipient of the Velocity Fund, Scribe Video Center Finishing Grant, and the Awesome Foundation.Winner of the Ignyte Award for Best Fiction Podcast 2023. Available anywhere you listen to podcasts.
Told from the perspective of the Gun and the Bullet on their last night on Earth, A Funeral for The Death Machines, is an immersive musical experience moving from Gospel to House music, transitioning these objects from a symbol of harm to ones of transformation. Originally part of the Future Without Guns exhibition earlier this year, the piece in an invitation to lay our weapons to rest, if only for one night, through a musical last rites
Learn More: https://www.wi-motonyoka.com