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THIS IS VERN BLOCK 📟📡👁️ coming to a future near you. Created by Asia Clarke @wild_moon and FromLater @since21xx Artifacts designed and created by Asia Clarke with help from Kathryn Cramer @pinkchamplain Photography by Anthony Gebrehiwot @tonyxtones #Research and worldbuilding by Asia Clarke, Megan Prosper @_isthatmeg , Robert Bolton @arowbe , Udit Vira, Macy Siu @_macysiu_ , Erica Whyte @whyteerica , and Valdis Silins. Map illustration by Bianca Weeko Martin @badgyalbibi Scenario Illustration by Jamille Clarke-Darshanand @jamillecd Web design by Emily Woudenberg @studioonstrike Supported by @torontoartscouncil ​#vern2040

DESIGN ARTIFACT: SKEEMASK 😷🔋🎭 learn more at VERN.WORLD Created by Asia Clarke @wild_moon and FromLater @since21xx Artifacts designed and created by Asia Clarke with help from Kathryn Cramer @pinkchamplain Photography by Anthony Gebrehiwot @tonyxtones #Research and worldbuilding by Asia Clarke, Megan Prosper @_isthatmeg , Robert Bolton @arowbe , Udit Vira, Macy Siu @_macysiu_ , Erica Whyte @whyteerica , and Valdis Silins. Map illustration by Bianca Weeko Martin @badgyalbibi Scenario Illustration by Jamille Clarke-Darshanand @jamillecd Web design by Emily Woudenberg @studioonstrike Supported by @torontoartscouncil ​#vern2040

DESIGN ARTIFACT: GLOVES ⚙️🖖🏽🦾 learn more at VERN.WORLD Created by Asia Clarke @wild_moon and FromLater @since21xx Artifacts designed and created by Asia Clarke with help from Kathryn Cramer @pinkchamplain Photography by Anthony Gebrehiwot @tonyxtones #Research and worldbuilding by Asia Clarke, Megan Prosper @_isthatmeg , Robert Bolton @arowbe , Udit Vira, Macy Siu @_macysiu_ , Erica Whyte @whyteerica , and Valdis Silins. Map illustration by Bianca Weeko Martin @badgyalbibi Scenario Illustration by Jamille Clarke-Darshanand @jamillecd Web design by Emily Woudenberg @studioonstrike Supported by @torontoartscouncil ​#vern2040

DESIGN ARTIFACT: 💾💎⚙️ BPU NEUROPATCH . . . Created by Asia Clarke @wild_moon and FromLater @since21xx Artifacts designed and created by Asia Clarke with help from Kathryn Cramer @pinkchamplain Photography by Anthony Gebrehiwot @tonyxtones Research and worldbuilding by Asia Clarke, Megan Prosper @_isthatmeg , Robert Bolton @arowbe , Udit Vira, Macy Siu @_macysiu_ , Erica Whyte @whyteerica , and Valdis Silins. Map illustration by Bianca Weeko Martin @badgyalbibi Scenario Illustration by Jamille Clarke-Darshanand @jamillecd Web design by Emily Woudenberg @studioonstrike Supported by @torontoartscouncil ​#vern2040

🌹 LOVE AND WAR ⚔️ In VERN.WORLD Created by Asia Clarke @wild_moon and FromLater @since21xx Artifacts designed and created by Asia Clarke with help from Kathryn Cramer @pinkchamplain Photography by Anthony Gebrehiwot @tonyxtones #Research and worldbuilding by Asia Clarke, Megan Prosper @_isthatmeg , Robert Bolton @arowbe , Udit Vira, Macy Siu @_macysiu_ , Erica Whyte @whyteerica , and Valdis Silins. Map illustration by Bianca Weeko Martin @badgyalbibi Scenario Illustration by Jamille Clarke-Darshanand @jamillecd Web design by Emily Woudenberg @studioonstrike Supported by @torontoartscouncil ​#vern2040

In the year 2040, Kadeem Abel is a 17-year-old student from Malvern, who embodies a mix of resilience and vulnerability. He’s characterized by his gentle yet worrisome, calculated and often over-thinking, and sometimes spiteful nature, which drives his determination to defend himself and stand up for others. Kadeem is himself a microcosm of Toronto’s multiculturalism - he is half Tamil and half Rwandan, adding layers to his generational immigrant identity and experience. He works a part-time youth camp counselor in the historically enemy neighbourhood of Galloway. Learn more at VERN.WORLD 💿 Created by Asia Clarke @wild_moon and FromLater @since21xx Artifacts designed and created by Asia Clarke with help from Kathryn Cramer @pinkchamplain Photography by Anthony Gebrehiwot @tonyxtones Research and worldbuilding by Asia Clarke, Megan Prosper @_isthatmeg , Robert Bolton @arowbe , Udit Vira, Macy Siu @_macysiu_ , Erica Whyte @whyteerica , and Valdis Silins. Map illustration by Bianca Weeko Martin @badgyalbibi Scenario Illustration by Jamille Clarke-Darshanand @jamillecd Web design by Emily Woudenberg @studioonstrike Supported by @torontoartscouncil ​#vern2040

ANTI SURVEILLANCE TIPS 4 DA MANDEM 📡 from VERN.WORLD Created by Asia Clarke @wild_moon and FromLater @since21xx Artifacts designed and created by Asia Clarke with help from Kathryn Cramer @pinkchamplain Photography by Anthony Gebrehiwot @tonyxtones Research and worldbuilding by Asia Clarke, Megan Prosper @_isthatmeg , Robert Bolton @arowbe , Udit Vira, Macy Siu @_macysiu_ , Erica Whyte @whyteerica , and Valdis Silins. Map illustration by Bianca Weeko Martin @badgyalbibi Scenario Illustration by Jamille Clarke-Darshanand @jamillecd Web design by Emily Woudenberg @studioonstrike Supported by @torontoartscouncil ​#vern2040

VERN.WORLD - coming to a future near you ✨ Created by Asia Clarke @wild_moon and FromLater @since21xx Artifacts designed and created by Asia Clarke with help from Kathryn Cramer @pinkchamplain Photography by Anthony Gebrehiwot @tonyxtones Research and worldbuilding by Asia Clarke, Megan Prosper @_isthatmeg , Robert Bolton @arowbe , Udit Vira, Macy Siu @_macysiu_ , Erica Whyte @whyteerica , and Valdis Silins. Map illustration by Bianca Weeko Martin @badgyalbibi Scenario Illustration by Jamille Clarke-Darshanand @jamillecd Web design by Emily Woudenberg @studioonstrike Supported by @torontoartscouncil ​#vern2040

VERN is critical futures scenario and film concept set in Toronto suburb, Malvern in 2040. ​ “In the years following the ‘defund’ movement, police budgets were slowly redirected to mental health services, community therapy programs, and STEM education in priority neighbourhoods. The Perpetration-Risk External Evaluation (PREE) system, a so-called community watch program, took over the physical police presence in communities. Beneath the veneer of calm suburban safety and incoming gentrification, there remains an unsettling vibe in Malvern. Kadeem feels it — the residual energy of unresolved vendettas, the somatic heft of trauma carried over generations, and the persistent weight of surveillance.” ​ Dig into the world, characters, and artifacts of VERN2040 at Vern.world (link in bio). ​ VERN was created by Asia Clarke in partnership with From Later. Photography by Anthony Gebrehiwot. Research and worldbuilding by Asia Clarke, Megan Prosper, Robert Bolton, Udit Vira, Macy Siu, Erica Whyte, and Valdis Silins. Illustration by Bianca Weeko Martin. Website by Strike Design Studio. ​#vern2040 @tonyxtones @_isthatmeg @arowbe @_macysiu_ @badgyalbibi @studioonstrike Supported by @torontoartscouncil