idris brewster

idris brewster is a Brooklyn-born artist and creative technologist that disrupts traditional narratives through spatial experiences, all the while empowering others to do the same. idris’s work explores the liminal space between the historical archive, public space, and technology. idris is the Executive Director of Kinfolk Foundation, an augmented reality archive that puts the power of monument making and historical preservation into the hands of Black and Brown communities. Kinfolk is building the digital infrastructure necessary to preserve, protect, and share the erased histories of our world so that communities most impacted by displacement, violence, and exclusion can define their legacies and shape our future. idris has received several awards and recognitions for his work, including Forbes 30 under 30, Sundance Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, New Museum, Eyebeam, the United Nations, and the Museum of Modern Art.

uniting the past, present, and future

using artificial intelligence to preserve and share Black, Brown, and LGBTQ+ culture, history and narratives

painting