Afrotectopia @Afrotectopia
Imagining, researching, and building at the nexus of new media art, design, science, and technology through a Black and Afrocentric lens. linktr.ee/afrotectopia New York, NY Joined July 2017-
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❗ICYMI❗️ You can find the recording for @verotruesocial's #MozFest panel, 'Building Healthy Online Communities - the #CreatorsChallenge' here ➡️ mzl.la/3vVc9wZ 🙌Thanks again to our incredible panelists, @ahariri, @thekoreanvegan, @Afrotectopia & @maxjoseph!
Also I loved all the workshops & panels I was able to be a part of 2021…I love sharing ideas with y’all s/o @Afrotectopia @insessionworld @splice @BrownUniversity @UNC @hbomax & many other talks I joined.
Founder @ARICIANO was celebrated by @Doritos 's Solid Black campaign in recognizing emerging changemakers. Watch the full video here: doritos.com/solidblack/ari… 🖤
📢Next week on 11/9 @ 12PM ET, join us online for a talk by @aricianoo, who will describe how she’s built at the intersecting worlds of art, design, research, culture, & sound, and how all of those interests led her to creating @Afrotectopia. Register➡️bit.ly/odltalk119
As the founder of @Afrotectopia, her focus is the nexus of new media art, design, science, and technology through a Black and Afrocentric lens. She’s #SolidBlack21 (2/2)
Meet Ari Melenciano, a NYC based artist, creative technologist, researcher and college professor. Ari is passionate about exploring and explaining the relationships between design and sentient experience. (1/2)
📺Our Keynote Interview is Live!📺 Ari Melenciano @aricianoo from @Google and @Afrotectopia answers #EmotiCon2021 students' questions about her creative tech projects, about finding inspiration within Black culture, and about her career pathway. Watch: emoticon.mouse.org
Discover how the School of @Afrotectopia, founded by @aricianoo, uses technology to illustrate Black history in the modern age and makes it accessible to everyone. adobe.ly/3fqqJ5A
I interviewed @Afrotectopia founder @aricianoo about her venture into tech, Afrotectopia, and her concerns + hope about preserving the Black radical imagination. full cover story in @nunarmag issue 2 nunarmag.com
“There are always futures possible that are shaped by Black radical imagination. That’s so much of what Afrotectopia is about. Step one is not waiting for permission,” says @Afrotectopia founder Ari Melenciano. full cover story in @nunarmag Issue 2 nunarmag.com
🥁We are so ridiculously honored to announce that @aricianoo (Creative Technologist @Google and founder of @Afrotectopia) will be this year's #Emoticon2021 Keynote! 👏👏👏 Her interview will kick off the 12-day virtual project fair on 5/24: emoticon.mouse.org
10 days left to apply to our 2021 Fellowship Program! Receive stipend and mentorship for projects that imagine new possibilities for what this community and software can do. Focus areas include: accessibility, internationalization, continuing support, and AI ethics & open source.
10 days left to apply to our 2021 Fellowship Program! Receive stipend and mentorship for projects that imagine new possibilities for what this community and software can do. Focus areas include: accessibility, internationalization, continuing support, and AI ethics & open source.
2021 marks our 10th year participating in Google Summer of Code! @GoogleOSS offers stipends to students to work on open-source project like @p5xjs & others during the summer. This year GSOC is open to all students in any postsecondary program. Our projects github.com/processing/pro…
3P EST TODAY 💙🌱📻
An honor to curate the #Blacktronika part of @googleartsculture new mind-blowing exhibition Music, Makers & Machines. I collaborated with @Moogseum on the presentation. @ucsdmusic artsandculture.google.com/story/EAWBV8wS…
Come join me on Wednesday 5pm est in interviewing @aricianoo in lessons she’s learned in designing communities like @Afrotectopia
Come join me on Wednesday 5pm est in interviewing @aricianoo in lessons she’s learned in designing communities like @Afrotectopia https://t.co/hY0sCfhO11
Storytelling & technology is shaping our future in ways we used to only imagine! Join creators, entrepreneurs & technologists on March 10th as we share insights leveraging emerging tech and discuss how we engage and collectively build for the immersive future! #immersivefuture
Thanks @kentbye for the great podcast that introduced me to @Afrotectopia and @aricianoo and their work in Worldbuilding with an Afrocentric focus.
It was nice to reflect on designing communities like @Afrotectopia and finding that as a form of art -- with @Forbes forbes.com/sites/sloanleo…
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