Imagining, researching, and building at the nexus of new media art, design, science, and technology through a Black and Afrocentric lens.
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!
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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-m… 🖤
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📢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
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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)
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📺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
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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
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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
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“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
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🥁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
ALT Announcing the Keynote Speaker, Ari Melenciano, Creative Technologist at Google and Founder of Afrotectopia.
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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.
We're happy to announce our 2021 Fellowship Program is now accepting applications! 🥳🎉
Deadline is April 2, 2021.
Read the guidelines and info on how to apply here:
medium.com/processing-founda…
We can't wait to see what you propose!
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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/proces…
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3P EST TODAY 💙🌱📻
Tune in tonight! ⏰
Join @LegacyRussell, author of ‘Glitch Feminism’ in conversation with Serpentine’s Artistic Director, @HUObrist.
‘Glitch Feminism’ unfurls a new kind of cyberfeminism and asks: can we free ourselves from our bodies?
Instagram Live. 7pm GMT. 👀
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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/st…
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Come join me on Wednesday 5pm est in interviewing @aricianoo in lessons she’s learned in designing communities like @Afrotectopia
How do we design for collectivity & collaboration under pandemic constraints? Next week, @NEWINC & @datasociety are co-hosting a conversation with @triciawang & @aricianoo newinc.org/events/collectivi…
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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
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Thanks @kentbye for the great podcast that introduced me to @Afrotectopia and @aricianoo and their work in Worldbuilding with an Afrocentric focus.
