IN THE US, THE STUDENT LOAN CRISIS IS INTENSIFYING, ESPECIALLY AT HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (HBCUS), WHERE GRADUATES TYPICALLY FACE 19% MORE DEBT COMPARED TO THEIR PEERS FROM NON-HBCU INSTITUTIONS.

WE CREATED FLAMIN’ HOT UNIVERSITY, OR FU FOR SHORT. A FAKE UNIVERSITY TO RAISE REAL HBCU SCHOLARSHIP DOLLARS AND HELP STUDENTS SAY 'FU TO STUDENT LOAN DEBT'. LED BY THE 'FLAMIN’ HOT QUEEN' MEGAN THEE STALLION, AN HBCU ALUM HERSELF, OUR PROJECT HAD A SIMPLE AND YET EFFECTIVE MECHANIC: 100% OF THE PROCEEDS FROM EVERY PURCHASE OF FLAMIN’ HOT UNIVERSITY MERCHANDISE WERE DIRECTED TO A SCHOLARSHIP FUND AT TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY, MEGAN’S ALMA MATER.

WE CLAIMED OWNERSHIP OF THE TRIANGLE SHAPE BY CREATING A CAMPAIGN FOR TRIANGLE TRACKER, A FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND SNAPCHAT LENS THAT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO TURN EVERY SINGLE TRIANGLE THEY SEE INTO A DORITOS CHIP. 

IN A FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE, WE BROUGHT OPENAI’S DALL·E TO THE DALÍ. THE DREAM TAPESTRY ALLOWS VISITORS TO CREATE ORIGINAL, REALISTIC DREAM PAINTINGS FROM A TEXT DESCRIPTION. THEN, IT STITCHES A VISITOR’S DREAM PAINTING TOGETHER WITH FIVE OTHER VISITORS’ PAINTINGS, FILLING IN THE SPACES BETWEEN THEM TO GENERATE ONE COLLECTIVE DREAM TAPESTRY. THE RESULT IS AN EVER-GROWING SERIES OF ENTIRELY ORIGINAL DREAM TAPESTRIES, EXHIBITED ON THE WALLS OF THE MUSEUM.