Overview

ADJACENT is a journal of emerging media published by New York University’s Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) and its undergraduate counterpart, Interactive Media Arts (IMA). Our mission is to share research, analysis, and opinions from and for the diverse creators exploring the contemporary moment.

ITP and IMA are interdisciplinary and experimental, and we aim for ADJACENT to be as well. We take our name from the term ‘adjacent possible,’ coined by the biologist Stuart Kauffman to describe how organisms change, grow and flourish just by existing near entities different from themselves. We believe our adjacencies to diverse media, people and disciplines spark both creative insight and critical reflection.

Team & Community

ADJACENT is operated by student volunteers from ITP and IMA with support from faculty and research residents. You can learn more about each issue’s editors, designers, and developers on the “ISSUE” page under the articles. 

Each fall, at the start of the semester, our student editorial leaders send out recruitment emails and present at the ITP/IMA club fair to promote our mission and efforts. Interested students should reach out to us and stay tuned for these announcements.

We are always looking for student volunteers who are passionate about publishing and excel at communicating and collaborating with other volunteers and contributors.

Submissions

We typically announce a themed open call in the fall semester of each academic year, welcoming submissions from anyone, whether affiliated with NYU or not. In the past, ADJACENT has accepted both finished projects and well-elaborated proposals. Editorial requirements and guidelines may vary each year as our student-led editorial teams evolve.

To stay updated on our open calls, follow us on Instagram. Occasionally, we also accept pitches outside of our regular issue cycles. We would love to hear from you—please refer to our contact information at the bottom of this page.

Design & Development

For ADJACENT’s 11th issue, we undertook a comprehensive website refresh. This new site archives all previously published issues, making it easier to navigate between articles, and offers an elegant yet flexible design to streamline the work of future volunteer teams.

We extend our gratitude to Sixin Chen and Shiqing Chen for the stunning graphic identity update and web design, and to Daniel Tsadok, Scott Broussard, and Lenin Compres of ITP’s web development team for bringing this new site to life. The refresh effort was led by the editor’s team of ISSUE 11, with generous faculty support from Nancy Hechinger.

Before this redesign, each issue of ADJACENT was hosted on a uniquely designed website. These sites, along with the older landing page, are now preserved at https://itp.nyu.edu/adjacent_classic/.

Please note that the new website is still undergoing organizational maintenance and development. If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to contact us via email.

Contact

The best way to reach us is through email: adjacent@itp.nyu.edu.

We are also on Instagram @adjacent_itp.