Public Events
You are required to attend at least two public events listed below. Submit a two-paragraph event report + a two-paragaph personal response on the events you've chosen to attend. The event report provides details on the event you've attended. The personal response communicates how you felt about the event. Alternatively, you can replace the two-paragraph event report with a sketchnote.
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Now - Jan 26 Hans Haacke: All Connected Exhibition @ New Museum — data processing & analysis as institutional / corporate critique. $12 with student ID. -
Jan 31 - Feb 2 NYU Global Game Jam 2020 — Make a game with a group of people. FREE with RSVP! -
Now - March 22 Agnes Denes: Absolutes and Intermediates — A retrospective of Agnes Denes' work, with a focus on mathematical processes, visual logic and system thinking. Purchase ticket in advance $10. - Runs Monthly WordHack @ Babycastles — WordHack is a monthly evening of performances and talks exploring the intersection of language and technology. Code poetry, digital literature, e-lit, language games, coders interested in the creative side, writers interested in new forms writing can take, all are welcome here. SUGGESTED DONATION $5-10.
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Feb 8 Processing Community Day NYC @ the New School — Processing Community Day is a non-profit, community conference, consisting of activists, artists, designers, teachers, programmers and students. FREE + provides food with RSVP! -
March 13 6:30-9:30PM Re-Fest — CultureHub’s annual festival that brings artists, activists, and technologists together to envision our role in re-shaping the future. The evening program features The Santana Project, a discussion with Marilyn Nance, Al Santana, RaFia Santana, Ali Santana, Stephanie Santana, and Ayinde Santana. Telephone by Nora Rodriguez, and I miss the good old days by Aaron Moreno Ayala. FREE and LIVE-STREAMED. -
March 14 2-9PM Re-Fest — CultureHub’s annual festival that brings artists, activists, and technologists together to envision our role in re-shaping the future. The day-long program features Re/Lens: Old Glass for New Eyes, a workshop with Amir Husak and Melissa Friedling; Disrupting the Frame, a workshop with Robert Pluma, Ann Bennett, Katja Esson, and Simone Salvo. Everyday Word Choice as a World Building Strategy, a workshop with Leila Kassiri; Native 101, a discussion with Safe Harbors Indigenous Collective; home. (an excerpt) by Nia & Ness; and Maria en Me by John Maria Gutierrez. FREE and LIVE-STREAMED. - April 3 - May 8 Design + Technology Cloud Salon — DT Cloud Salon is a new online webinar that invites artists, designers, technologists, and industry professionals to present projects and engage in direct conversations with participants. All events are hosted over Zoom. Visit the link to view guest list and schedule. FREE.
- April 17-18 Theorizing the Web conference — Theorizing the Web is an inter- and non-disciplinary annual conference that brings together scholars, journalists, artists, activists, and technology practitioners to think conceptually and critically about the interrelationships between the Web and society. We deeply value public engagement, and consider insights from academics, non-academics, and non-“tech theorists” alike to be equally valuable. PAY WHAT YOU CAN.
- A Data & Society event