Curry J. Hackett, Kameelah Janan Rasheed, and Patricia Nguyen, moderated by Ari Melenciano
Renderings, Rehearsals, and Projections: Conjuring Desired Futures
In “Renderings, Rehearsals, and Projections: Conjuring Desired Futures,” multimedia artist and educator Curry J. Hackett, artist and learner Kameelah Janan Rasheed, and artist, educator, and scholar Patricia Nguyen, with moderation from research artist and Afrotectopia founder Ari Melenciano, explored how their distinct creative practices make the future experiential. Treating imagination as a methodology rather than an abstraction, the conversation considered how speculative work across art, design, fiction, architecture, and world-building can test ideas, challenge inherited systems, and invite people to navigate alternative realities.