Ep. 188: Afrotectopia’s Ari Melenciano on Synthesizing, Art, Tech, Epigenetics, and more [encore]

Artist and technologist, Ari Melenciano, spent her youth obsessed with music, art, and gadgets. A year in Barcelona, a city that valued art as she did, left a meaningful impression on her. Back in the US, frustrated at the racial inadequacy of academia and technology, she founded Afrotectopia, a cultural institution building at the nexus of art, science, and technology through an Afrocentric lens. Images and more from Ari at cleverpodcast.com! SUBSCRIBE - listen to Clever on any podcast app! SIGN UP - for our Substack for news, bonus content, new episode alerts VISIT - cleverpodcast.com for transcripts, images, and 200+ more episodes SAY HI! - on Instagram & LinkedIn @cleverpodcast @amydevers Clever is hosted & produced by Amy Devers , with editing by Rich Stroffolino , production assistance from Ilana Nevins and Anouchka Stephan, and music by El Ten Eleven . If you enjoy Clever we could use your support! Please consider leaving a review , making a donation, becoming a sponsor , or introducing us to your friends! We love and appreciate you! Special thanks to our sponsors! Wix Studio is a platform built for all web creators to design, develop, and manage exceptional web projects at scale. Sub-Zero, Wolf, and Cove's Kitchen Design Contest is a global design competition celebrating outstanding kitchen design projects. Apply now! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.