Ainslee

The world is my meadow.
Director // Writer // Media Artist
Experimental & Emancipatory Narratives

[Ainslee @AhhSlay]

I am so incredibly honored to receive the Special Jury Prize for Ferenj: A Graphic Memoir in VR from the NewImages Festival in Paris! Thank you @Newimages_Paris and @forumdesimages 💥🎈🎉

[NewImages Festival @Newimages_Paris]

Special Jury Prize for a VR experience - Ex-Aequo

Ferenj: A Graphic Memoir in VR by Ainslee Robson

(@AhhSlay who couldn't be here with us tonight but we were honored to present her project)

[Sundance Institute @sundanceorg]

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) @NEHgov. Read on to learn all about the selected fellows & projects. #SHARP

[rebekahmendation @rebekamendation]

Late night #Sundance collaborative interactive immersive creation.
Title: Hold my Beer
Or
Title:Has anyone seen my beer? ⁦@atuyliyev⁩ ⁦@gondwanavr⁩ ⁦@AhhSlay⁩

[Ainslee @AhhSlay]

@YousraElbagir @YousraElbagir So inspiring. Do you know the name of the poem she references? or where I can learn more about it? And if so, do you know of an English translation?

[StudioOlafurEliasson @olafureliasson]

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.

[Ainslee @AhhSlay]

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
https://t.co/i0j0D7fn8z
#FerenjVR

[Ainslee @AhhSlay]

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

[Electric South @electric_south]

ELECTRIC AFRICA VR FESTIVAL

Online • Free • 5 - 11 November

Enjoy a number of 360° experiences and industry talks

https://t.co/y7jeVEEvAB

#immersiveafrica #ElectricAfrica

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

For the record @Mike_Pence, it’s Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez to you.

[Ainslee @AhhSlay]

@_CatherineAllen @Newimages_Paris Thank you @_CatherineAllen!

[Oriane Hurard @Orianehurard]

« I’m a VR producer based in Paris and I’m also a feminist. Sorry, not sorry. »
I’m in ⁦@Variety⁩ with ⁦@AhhSlay⁩ ⁦@_CatherineAllen⁩ ⁦@Anagamedev⁩ & Gabrielle Floquet 😎😇 #NewImages festival #collectif50/50 https://t.co/7KWALhJKi7

[NewImages Festival @Newimages_Paris]

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 @AhhSlay

[Ainslee @AhhSlay]

@Orianehurard Merci beaucoup :)

[Oriane Hurard @Orianehurard]

Congrats @AhhSlay for your @Newimages_Paris Special Prize for #Ferenj 😍

[Ainslee @AhhSlay]

@rvymvnd Thanks for sharing my VR experience :)

[Ainslee @AhhSlay]

Thoroughly enjoyed speaking on the #WomeninVR panel 💃🏽 @Newimages_Paris with these inspiring womxn @_CatherineAllen @Anagamedev & Gabrielle Floquet moderated by @Orianehurard! @LiminaImmersive @pixelripped @Collectif5050

[NewImages Festival @Newimages_Paris]

[Speakers]

La créatrice et productrice Ainslee Robson participera au panel #WomenInXR (Et https://t.co/v5mEJKMj5o d'accueillir son projet Ferenj: A Graphic Memoir in VR en compétition)

➡️ Vendredi 25/09, 16h45 En ligne et en livestream @forumdesimages

https://t.co/2wNKpeu1df

[Les Produits Frais @ProduitsFrais]

So proud and inspired by the amazing speakers @_CatherineAllen @AhhSlay @Anagamedev & Gabrielle Floquet ! Soon at @Newimages_Paris

[NewImages Festival @Newimages_Paris]

[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

[Yasmin Elayat @yelayat]

Tonight @ 7pm @scatterco is hosting 'A Showcase for Art in Conversation with Race’. I'm honored to be moderating this amazing lineup of artists: @stephdink, Idris Brewster @mvrsandshakers, @_lovelaja, @RXahra & @AhhSlay. RSVP https://t.co/vbDeJwTzZz. Please join us!

[The Daily Show @TheDailyShow]

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

[SXSW @sxsw]

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: https://t.co/0mw3ovb6nA @AhhSlay #SXSW