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ITP AT NYU
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I am extremely grateful to have exhibited artwork at the New York Google Creative Lab last weekend. What an experience it was to imagine an empowered future while reflecting on and prototyping the present. Thank you to @afrotectopia and the attendees who shared meaningful conversations around this police brutality piece. It was an honour to hold space and memorialize those names with all of you. It was also such a pleasure to be surrounded by these incredible augmented reality paintings by @jessvaloris. . “i can’t breathe” is a data visualization of unjust black deaths at the hand of police brutality, acting as a homage to Eric Garner’s last words. The screen displays each day of the calendar year. The lungs breathe gently on the days free of documented deaths. On a day when a person of colour lost their life to an officer, the lungs shrivel and deflate and the screen displays the name of the deceased. This pays five minutes of homage to each person who has died. . Though this iteration only accounts for the month of January 2018, it pays respect to 27 deaths and takes over 2 hours to witness in its entirety. The full dataset accounts for more than 1749 deaths since 2013, 80% of which have gone without judicial consequence or investigation. In the next version of this piece I intent to visualize and memorialize all 1749 people in breaths, over a series of days.

If every piece of technology we use today was inspired by science fiction then we’ve got a hell of a lot of brainstorming to do ✨ . These are a few stills from an afrofuturistic shoot @raaziqxmasud & I did for the 1st issue of Afroterrestrials, our zine that showcased the artwork & activism of 14 black creative technologists. We sold out of copies at the @techzinefair held at the @sfpc_nyc last fall. Building this project with @raaziqxmasud was one of the highlights of my life in NYC so far. . Everyone involved in this project were black coders who make art. A literal dream. Model - @adom_4, undergrad at @ima_nyu Photography - @raaziqxmasud & @ashleyjanelewis, grads at @itp_nyu “VR” Headset Design - @ashleyjanelewis

The true joy of the summer has been the abundance of plants - studying, art making, gazing, touching & receiving. Sound on the last video to sum it up well ✨🌿

What if it all works out? Feeling very ✨✨✨ on the inside lately! Slowly but surely, things are lining up. . Earrings from @roni.cantor & @24masks

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