02/17/2021
The Whitman College Art Department is very pleased to cosponsor a virtual visit from Ari Melanciano. https://www.ariciano.com/ as part of tomorrow's Power & Privilege Symposium. We hope you can participate.
9:30-10:30 PST Electromedia, Design Fluidity, and Afrotectopian Ecologies (Cosponsored by Whitman Art Department)
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In this talk, Ari Melenciano will present a survey of her work as a creative technologist, designer, and researcher experimenting at the nexus of design, pedagogy, race, and electromedia. She'll share her current and past areas of focus in research and development, from radical technoculture to afrocentric architecture. She'll wrap up her presentation with an overview of how she's developed Afrotectopia, a social institution fostering interdisciplinary innovation at the intersection of art, design, technology, Black culture, and activism.
10:45-11:45 PST Imagining Artifacts of the Future (Cosponsored by Whitman Art Department)
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In this workshop, participants are invited to imagine a future a few centuries into the future. What does it look, feel, sound like? How will we move through space? How will it comprehensively nurture all sentient beings for a healthy new world? After a series of experimental exercises, we'll move into developing our own artifacts that reflect the reality we hope future generations will be able to experience. This workshop dives deeply into speculative design practices and philosophies on pluralistic and microcosmic strategies.
