Introducing Stephanie Dinkins
Who are you?
Stephanie Dinkins is an artist interested in creating platforms for ongoing dialog about artificial intelligence as it intersects race, gender, aging, the proliferation of knowledge(s) and our future histories. Her work is exhibited internationally at a broad spectrum of community, private and institutional venues, including Herning Kunstmuseum; Spellman College; Wave Hill; Studio Museum; Spedition Bremen; and the corner of Putnam and Malcolm X Blvd, Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn; – by design. She is a 2017 A Blade of Grass Fellow and 2016 Artist-in-Residence at NEW INC. Professor Dinkins teaches digital and interactive media at Stony Brook University.
What are you doing?
The aim is to create a unique culturally attuned AI entity in collaboration with coders, engineers and in close consultation with local communities of color that reflects and is empowered to work toward the goals of its community. Ideally, this could look at combining three generations of a family into one AI entity.
What are you most excited about?
This is an amazing cohort. I am excited to build out my project and work on interesting public programming the other residents.