Kinfolk @kinfolktech
We use art, emerging technologies, and education to uproot oppressive systems, and empower the next generation to imagine and build an equitable future. kinfolktech.org New York, NY Joined August 2017-
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Our movement partner, @kinfolktech, was featured in @NewYorkerMag about their Signature Monument Exhibition. “We’re trying to find a way to put Black, brown, and queer voices out in public spaces so they can be celebrated.” - @iblss_ Learn more: newyorker.com/magazine/2023/…
If you're in the NYC area check out @kinfolktech's Signature Series, a group of digital monuments that highlight Black culture and identity throughout New York by artists Derrick Adams, Hank Willis Thomas, Pamela Council, and Tourmaline. surfacemag.com/articles/kinfo…
for whom the bell tolls by john donne is our #kinfolkpoemoftheweek !
today marks 54 years since fred hampton and mark clark were drugged and assassinated by the fbi and the chicago police!
Read more about the project: ‼️@NewYorker: newyorker.com/magazine/2023/… ‼️@SurfaceMag: surfacemag.com/articles/kinfo… ‼️@TheArtNewspaper: theartnewspaper.com/2023/11/29/kin…
@kinfolktech app now has geolocated experiences in NYC from DUMBO to Harlem! Check out the 4 new monuments by Derrick Adams (@derrickadamsny), Hank Willis Thomas, Pamela Council (@LifeOfPammi), & Tourmaline (@tourmaliiine). Thanks to @MellonFdn & @LightshipAR for the support!
𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗜𝗚𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗟 𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗣𝗔𝗧𝗖𝗛 #14 -Your bi-weekly dose of news, drama & degeneracy- 🫴🗞️ 𝗧𝗢𝗣 𝗡𝗘𝗪𝗦 🚨 - @kinfolktech launched a 4-artist show available to view at select sites through their app. - @ChristiesInc Next Wave: The Miami Edit will feature works…
I made an augmented reality monument with @kinfolktech of the iconic Mary Jones who was living loudly as a Black trans outlaw in the 1830s in New York! Honored to be augmenting reality alongside Hank Willis Thomas, Pamela Council and Derrick Adams. newyorker.com/magazine/2023/…
for this trans day of remembrance, here’s a poem by raquel salas rivera #kinfolkpoemoftheweek
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Read more about the project: ‼️@NewYorker: newyorker.com/magazine/2023/… ‼️@SurfaceMag: surfacemag.com/articles/kinfo… ‼️@TheArtNewspaper: theartnewspaper.com/2023/11/29/kin…
@kinfolktech app now has geolocated experiences in NYC from DUMBO to Harlem! Check out the 4 new monuments by Derrick Adams (@derrickadamsny), Hank Willis Thomas, Pamela Council (@LifeOfPammi), & Tourmaline (@tourmaliiine). Thanks to @MellonFdn & @LightshipAR for the support!
𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗜𝗚𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗟 𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗣𝗔𝗧𝗖𝗛 #14 -Your bi-weekly dose of news, drama & degeneracy- 🫴🗞️ 𝗧𝗢𝗣 𝗡𝗘𝗪𝗦 🚨 - @kinfolktech launched a 4-artist show available to view at select sites through their app. - @ChristiesInc Next Wave: The Miami Edit will feature works…
Seriously talented team @kinfolktech , it’s been amazing working with them over the last many months, I highly highly recommend you take a look at their work and how they’re fulfilling their mission ❤️🤩 AR for Good!
When we first met, @kinfolktech already had a great AR Foundation app. In record time they implemented Lightship ARDK 3.0, Lightship Maps, & VPS. It speaks volumes about their talent, & what can be done combining the best of Lightship & AR Foundation 📷-@ga7ahad Lightship DevRel
When we first met, @kinfolktech already had a great AR Foundation app. In record time they implemented Lightship ARDK 3.0, Lightship Maps, & VPS. It speaks volumes about their talent, & what can be done combining the best of Lightship & AR Foundation 📷-@ga7ahad Lightship DevRel
Two Magic Grantees in this week’s New Yorker - Idris Brewster @kinfolktech is interviewed by @iscoe The Statue Wars Turn to Cyberspace | The New Yorker newyorker.com/magazine/2023/…
I made an augmented reality monument with @kinfolktech of the iconic Mary Jones who was living loudly as a Black trans outlaw in the 1830s in New York! Honored to be augmenting reality alongside Hank Willis Thomas, Pamela Council and Derrick Adams. newyorker.com/magazine/2023/…
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A look at the Monuments Project, which is reshaping what statues, landmarks, and other monuments mean to America: bit.ly/3ZkyK2y @AlisonStine @kinfolktech #RacialJustice
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toni morrison with a hopeful message to send us into the weekend!
Truly one of the most remarkable women to ever walk the earth. God she’s amazing
toni morrison with a hopeful message to send us into the weekend!
I don’t think there has been or will be a greater American intellectual than DuBois.
august 27, 1963. 60 years ago today. one of, if not, the greatest intellectual of the twentieth century transitioned into an ancestor while living in ghana.
W.E.B. Du Bois's last message:
august 27, 1963. 60 years ago today. one of, if not, the greatest intellectual of the twentieth century transitioned into an ancestor while living in ghana.
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18/ @kinfolktech is creating an Augmented Reality archive of Black History with over two dozen digital statues & site-specific AR art installations. I spoke with co-founder Idris Brewster on using AR to tell histories that don't yet have physical monuments voicesofvr.com/1252-kinfolk-a…
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