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Computational Anthropology and Exploring Identity through Artificial Synthesis

A series of personal reflections while using A.I. image generation About a month ago, I was purely terrified in learning about this relatively recent wave of hyper/photorealistic AI generated imagery through text prompts. And especially so when I learned of frameworks that could allow anyone to use anyone’s personal identity…

Identity

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Computational Anthropology and Exploring Identity through Artificial Synthesis
Computational Anthropology and Exploring Identity through Artificial Synthesis
Identity

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·Aug 5, 2020

Notes on Omni-Specialized Design for Beautiful Futures

The pandemic of early 2020 pushed the global population into a new reality. Many of the forms of life we were used to — ways of communicating, gathering, existing — have been transformed in irreversible ways. As members of Guild of Future Architects, we’ve been devoting great time to what…

Gofa

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Notes on Omni-Specialized Design for Beautiful Futures
Notes on Omni-Specialized Design for Beautiful Futures
Gofa

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Jan 26, 2020

Radical Technoculture for Racial Equity

by Ari Melenciano (written for Black Portraitures V at NYU 2019) In the 1960’s, the U.S. was in the middle of the Vietnam War. Traditional physical weaponry warfare was proving to be unsuccessful with the challenges faced through drastic cultural differences between the Vietnamese and the U.S. So the U.S…

Black Power

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Radical Technoculture for Racial Equity
Radical Technoculture for Racial Equity
Black Power

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Apr 30, 2019

Welcome to the world of Art merged with Technology ✨

There’s an amazing world that lies at the intersections of art and technology. This interdisciplinary field merges the arts, design, technology, engineering and humanities to introduce a great variety of possibilities that further extend everyday life. This guide is meant to be a quick introduction to different creative technology tools…

Design

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Welcome to the world of Art merged with Technology ✨
Welcome to the world of Art merged with Technology ✨
Design

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Jul 3, 2018

Building a Museum 353 Years in the Future.

An exploration on the eradication of racial oppression in future times, through speculative design and futuristic ideating of a utopian city and society called, Afrotopolis. We’re fighting for a better future. But what does that future actually look like? What will it feel like when Black Americans are no longer…

Art

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Building a Museum 353 Years in the Future.
Building a Museum 353 Years in the Future.
Art

14 min read

Ari Melenciano

Ari Melenciano

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Artist | Designer | Creative Technologist | Researcher | Founder of Afrotectopia

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