Secret Garden
Stephanie Dinkins
Travel across space and time and immerse yourself in this fitting reminder that sharing and receiving stories is in fact an act of resistance.
Generations of black women who have survived slave boats, grown up on 1920s Black-owned farms, lived through 9/11, and more are all waiting for you in Stephanie Dinkins’ AI-powered garden. After a critically acclaimed run at the Sundance Festival, this immersive work, is returning to NYC in a new VR installation that you can’t miss out on.
An Immersive Instillation
Venue
Onassis USA and New Inc’s ONX Studio
645 Fifth Ave Olympic Tower
New York, NY 10022
Friday, November 05 - Sunday, November 07, 2021
645 Fifth Ave Olympic Tower New York, NY 10022
Lead Artist: Stephanie Dinkins
Producers: Stephanie Dinkins, Adaora Udoji, Nokia Bell Labs, Onassis Foundation, NEW INC, ONX Studio
Platform Development: Sidney San Martín
Creative Producers: DOTDOT
Lead Developers (Physical Installation): Danielle McPhatter and Ethan Edwards, Nokia Bell Labs, and Sidney San Martín
Creative Technologists: DOTDOT and Sidney San Martín
Technical Directors: Sensorium
Writers: Stephanie Dinkins, Jade Dinkins
Audio Production (Storytellers): Hidden Chapel Studios
3D Assets: Jessa Gillespie
Soundscape: Myda El-Maghrabi
Projectionist: Mark Alan Johnson, Mojo Video Tech Inc
Cast & Crew
Visual: Brandi Porter, Dayne Board, Erlene Curry, Lisa Sainvil, Melissa Moore, Tianna Mendez
Audio: Deborah Leon, Joy Sunday, Karen Vaughn, Laura Vandiver, Leah Arscott, Stephanie Dinkins
Technical Production Support: Hard Work Party, Dirt Empire, Noel Paul
With Special Support From: Scatter, Creators of Depthkit
Production Intern: Elizabeth Pérez
Dinkins Studio Support: Neta Bomani
Thank you to all the people who lent their time and talent to this project, it would not have been possible without them. Additionally, thank you to Domhnaill Hernon, Vallejo Gantner, Abhita Austin, Erlene Curry, Karen Wong, Stephanie Pereira, Zoë Dolan, Alex Darby, and Mike Kelberman.
Special thanks as well to the individuals whose contributions helped to make this presentation possible: Keri Elmsly, Ruby Lerner, Susan McPherson, and to RENTEX for essential support with installation equipment.
Artist Profile
Stephanie Dinkins
Stephanie Dinkins is a transmedia artist who creates platforms for dialog about race, gender, aging, and our future histories. Dinkins’ art practice employs emerging technologies, documentary practices, and social collaboration toward equity and community sovereignty. She is particularly driven to work with communities of color to co-create more equitable, values grounded social and technological ecosystems.
Dinkins exhibits and publicly advocates for equitable AI internationally. Her work has been generously supported by fellowships, grants, and residencies from United States Artist, The Knight Foundation, Berggruen Institute, Onassis Foundation, Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI, Creative Capital, Sundance New Frontiers Story Lab, Eyebeam, Data & Society, Pioneer Works, NEW INC, and The Laundromat Project. Dinkins is a professor at Stony Brook University where she holds the Kusama Endowed Professorship in Art.