Twenty-Six-Nineteen
Twenty-six-nineteen is an Afrofuturist remix of computing in the anthropocene. The project begins with the critique that both computing and the anthropocene are often told as a single story, one that ignores the multitude of origins and experiences related to each. For example, concerns about climate change and computing waste often overlook the unbalanced impact of e-waste and the slow crisis that emerges from pollution and toxicity related to it. Additionally, definitions that date the Anthropocene to the mid-20th century, fail to consider the multitude of anthropocenic experiences that predate this period, such as those associated with colonization. Remixing is used to resist the single story instead building on multiple origins and experiences. We interpret remixing as both a technique and a broader project. As a technique, it is a process of gathering and curating by sourcing elements from other works, editing, recombination, and adding new components. As a project, remixing is a repositioning of our conceptions of computing itself.
My Roles: Web Designer, Web Developer (HTML/CSS/JS), Writer
team: Jihan Sherman & Takeria Blunt
This project presents a website that is a “remix” in itself. In collaboration with Jihan Sherman (Digital PhD Student), we worked together to write, curate, and ideate. Jihan also created the artwork, and I created the site and additional media such as gifs and logos.
Project logo created by Takeria Blunt