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LA Weekly: Rashaad Newsome Listens With Their Eyes at ArtCenter
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Essence: Rashaad Newsome Blends Art And Technology At Sundance Film Festival
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Slug Mag: Interactive AI Storyteller “Being” Leads Decolonization Workshop at Sundance 2024
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Forbes: Sundance: ‘Being (the Digital Griot)’ Straddles Digital, Physical, AI
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Flaunt: Artist Rashaad Newsome to Debut AI Humanoid at Sundance
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Cool Hunting: Sundance 2024: Rashaad Newsome’s “Being (the Digital Griot)” at New Frontier
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Los Angeles Times: This artist made a voguing, Al humanoid that acts as a cultural archive
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Being (the Digital Griot) premieres at Sundance Film Festival 2024.
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In Conversation: Rashaad Newsome – The artist is joined by Tamar Clarke-Brown to unpack his latest commission for Channel.
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Rianna Jade Parker unpacks the voguing history and AI context of Newsome’s new commission.
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Assembly is the CRITIC’S PICK! in the New York Times.
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Assembly February 17–March 6, 2022, at the Park Avenue Armory.
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Rashaad Newsome receives the 2021 Knight Arts + Tech Fellowship.
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Rashaad Newsome and Legacy Russell discuss his work and Being.
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Rashaad Newsome receives The Eyebeam 2020/2021 Rapid Response For A Better Digital Future Grant.
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Rashaad Newsome is the recipient of the 2020/2021 Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI (HAI) artist residency.
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Being hosts Rashaad Newsome’s King of Arms Art Ball. The world’s first virtual Vogue Ball.
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Rashaad Newsome is the recipient of the 2019 LACMA Art + Technology Lab grant.
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