The poster <n>Be The Change</n> by artist <n>Andrew Wetmore</n>, posted by <n>fruitsartclub</n>.

<n>Leimert Park Plaza</n> in Los Angeles, 1929. Photo by <n>Dick Whittington Studio</n>.

<n>Celestial Florilegia</n> by artist <n>Ari Melenciano</n> speculates on extraterrestrial botanical life.

A diagram illustrating the <n>Managing Complex Change</n> model.

Typographic design featuring a quote by writer <n>Audre Lorde</n>.

A black and white aerial photograph of the city of <n>Los Angeles</n>.

Poster for <n>Afrotectopia</n>'s <n>Black Metal Starship Program</n>, an event at <n>The Laundromat Project</n>.

<n>A Listening Space</n> announces its move to the <n>St. Laurence Elementary School</n>.

The <n>Leimert Park Plaza fountain</n> with the <n>Vision Theatre</n> in the background.

<n>Community is Resistance</n>, a linocut print by <n>Emily Spankhurst</n>.

An illustration by <n>beaming</n> based on a Zen proverb.

Graphic by <n>Commons</n> about community organizing for climate action.

Illustration by <n>Afrotectopia</n> for <n>Fractal Fête</n> 2021, with a quote from <n>Annika Hansteen-Izora</n>.

Waorani leader <n>Nemonte Nenquimo</n> at the 2021 <n>TED Countdown</n> event.

<n>Communal Dreaming</n> poster by a <n>Fractal Fête</n> presenter.

A quote from chef and restaurateur <n>Eric See</n>.

Afrotectopia (established 2018) is a social institution at the nexus of art, design, technology, culture, and pedagogy. In its lifetime, Afrotectopia has grown from a festival/conference based in New York City to an international fellowship bridging connections and catalyzing boundless imagination across the Black and Pan-African diaspora.  In 2021, Afrotectopia created an incubator in partnership with New York University’s Interactive Telecommunications Graduate Program, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Space Exploration Initiative, for four artists to intimately imagine a new world, not on planet Earth. These four artists included Jordan Caldwell, Kordae Henry, Jeremy Kamal, and Ari Melenciano. For close to two years, these artists researched and developed what became Black Metal. This work was created with the additional support from the Ford Foundation. Black Metal was designed by We Should Do It All (WSDIA), and printed and bound by Small Editions.  ‍

Illustration for <n>Sam Adler-Bell</n>'s article '<n>War of the Statements</n>' in <n>New York Magazine</n>.

A diagram of <n>M. Scott Peck's four stages of community building</n> by <n>Chattanooga Endeavors, Inc.</n>

Visual identity for <n>Control Gallery</n> by <n>City Soda Club</n> and <n>Works Studio</n>.

Poster for the <n>Afrotectopian Ecologies</n> course at <n>New York University</n>, designed by <n>Ari Melenciano</n>.

Poster for <n>Deem Symposium 03</n> featuring <n>Theaster Gates</n>, <n>Nu Goteh</n>, and <n>Duane Powell</n>.

<n>Communal Dreaming</n> by <n>Annika Izora</n>, adapted from the vintage rave poster <n>Earth Beat</n>.

The <n>Aspiration sculpture</n> in <n>De Longpre Park</n>, Hollywood.