#SCIArcAlum Ainslee Alem Robson Releases 'Ferenj: A Graphic Memoir in VR'. The immersive experience was accepted into the SXSW Film Festival as well as the #ClevelandInternationalFilmFestival, and the Tribeca Film Festival Read more about the project: bit.ly/3cq94Yr

Only 2 more days of Tribeca's Cinema360! Catch #FerenjVR and the other amazing experiences on Oculus 👉 Meta Quest! bit.ly/Ferenj #Kinfolk #Tribeca2020 #TribecaStrong #Ethiopia #EmpressTaytu #EthiopianRestaurant #Cleveland #Pointcloud #madewithunity

Watch the Tribeca premiere of SCI-Arc Fiction & Entertainment grad @ahhslay's VR film Ferenj. Using crowdsourced images + photogrammetry the film evokes the sights and sounds of her formative cultural experiences growing up as an Ethiopian-American in Ohio. Stream on #OculusTV

Ferenj: A Graphic Memoir in VR reclaims Ethiopian-American mixed-race identity, redefines boundaries between memory and digital imaginary, and challenges reductive narratives of Africa. Watch now on Oculus TV: ow.ly/ALgY50zOz0y Ainslee #SXSW

My statement on the death of George Floyd:

Weird how no way of protesting is the “right way” of protesting…

Tonight @ 7pm Scatter is hosting 'A Showcase for Art in Conversation with Race’. I'm honored to be moderating this amazing lineup of artists: stephanie dinkins, Idris Brewster @mvrsandshakers, @_lovelaja, Zahra Rasool & Ainslee. RSVP bit.ly/2MNYakM. Please join us!

Excerpt of Tina Campt speaking about BLM as part of the online roundtable ‘John Akomfrah in conversation with Tina Campt, Ekow Eshun, Saidiya Hartman’, hosted by Lisson Gallery, 18 June 2020.

[XR COMPETITION] Ferenj: A Graphic Memoir in VR by Ainslee Robson From the reconstructed memories of the director, a mixed-raced Ethiopian-American, Ferenj is an afrosurreal experience redefining the meaning of home and identity. #virtualreality #ferenj #gender #indentity #XR #VR

So proud and inspired by the amazing speakers Catherine Allen Ainslee Ana Ribeiro & Gabrielle Floquet ! Soon at NewImages Festival

Thoroughly enjoyed speaking on the #WomeninVR panel 💃🏽 NewImages Festival with these inspiring womxn Catherine Allen Ana Ribeiro & Gabrielle Floquet moderated by Oriane Hurard! Limina Immersive Pixel Ripped 🕹️ Collectif 50/50

Congrats Ainslee for your NewImages Festival Special Prize for #Ferenj 😍

Yesterday, Ainslee Robson received the VR Special Prize of the Jury "Ferenj: A Graphic Memoir in VR" Here is her acceptance speech we received few minutes after our ceremony. We are happy to showcase the project, and even more to have it in the palmares! Congrats again Ainslee

« I’m a VR producer based in Paris and I’m also a feminist. Sorry, not sorry. » I’m in ⁦Variety⁩ with ⁦Ainslee⁩ ⁦Catherine Allen⁩ ⁦Ana Ribeiro⁩ & Gabrielle Floquet 😎😇 #NewImages festival #collectif50/50 variety.com/2020/digital/f…

For the record Mike Pence, it’s Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez to you.

One more day to catch Ferenj: A Graphic Memoir in VR Electric South! This is the African Premiere of Ferenj and it's available via mobile phones as well as computers and desktops - only on the continent! #FerenjVR #AfricanPremiere #photogrammetry #emancipatory #worldbuilding

What does it mean for home to be constructed immaterially, via fragments of culture and oral history distorted by the filter of time and migration? Watch Ferenj: A Graphic Memoir on the website here ea.lcdwb.pro/experience-det… #FerenjVR

Late night #Sundance collaborative interactive immersive creation. Title: Hold my Beer Or Title:Has anyone seen my beer? ⁦Akmyrat Tuyliyev⁩ ⁦Gondwana VR 🍃⁩ ⁦Ainslee⁩

Announcing the 20 mediamakers selected for the new #Sundance Institute Humanities Sustainability Fellowship! This year-long program is funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) National Endowment for the Humanities. Read on to learn all about the selected fellows & projects. #SHARP