OVNIS (they/them), is an intergalactic Space Ndn Committed to uplifting the music of BIPOC artists (Black, Indigenous, People of color). OVNIS (formerly known as nena morena, bby wax’ta, and que pasa apaza) creates a weekly offering to our beloved Kingston community with groove and desire to reshape our culture together.
OVNIS (spanish for flying saucers), is the Radio Moniker of Aru Apaza, an artist working between sound, painting and sculpture. Their work explores late-stage Capitalism through the lens of a mutated Space NDN, portraying the myriad of experiences surrounding Urban Indigeneity. Arus’ work is situated within the vast intersection of Ancestral Technologies and modern-day Western Imperialism. Their work is for their lineage, past and future.
Aru is committed to dialogue in uncomfortable situations, abolition in our hearts and in the state, and learning//growing together in softness and patience (slow but steady).
Aru has many elders, aunties, nieces, nephews, cousins, and teachers around the so-called united states — all of which they owe their life to. Aru is Aymara from their father’s side and mixed latinx from their mother’s side.
Made in Kingston, NY