[OFF-FLOOR] BYOD | NYU Tech Week

NYU Tech Week is happening at 370 Jay Street concurrent with camp, and the organizers have generously invited campers to participate! See below for the full day of programming available + list of locations and how to RSVP!

Panel: Data as Creative Material 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM · Room 1201

Five practitioners give short talks on their own work with data as a creative material — what they make, what questions it raises, what they still don't know. Open conversation follows. Speakers: Kevin Esherick, Charlotte Kent, Anatola Araba, Tommy Martinez, Morry Kolman. Moderated by Alanna Okun. Register:

https://partiful.com/e/OaMuPHbkv4A3c4MJxwW5

Workshop A: Handmade Datasets 1:00 – 3:00 PM · Room 1201

A hands-on workshop on building intentional, small-scale datasets and training a pix2pix model. Instructor-written scripts provided — no coding experience required. Led by Aarati Akkapeddi (artist, technologist, educator). Register:

https://partiful.com/e/OaMuPHbkv4A3c4MJxwW5

Workshop B: Data as Performance 1:00 – 3:00 PM · Room 408

Participants take a dataset and find an embodied way to represent it — through choreography, gesture, or live performance. Led by nujum (artist, educator, multidisciplinary designer). No coding required. Register:

https://partiful.com/e/OaMuPHbkv4A3c4MJxwW5

Workshop C: Sound to Vision in TouchDesigner 1:00 – 3:00 PM · Room 409

Build an audio-reactive visual system in TouchDesigner from scratch. No prior experience required. Participants must install TouchDesigner (free, derivative.ca) before arriving. Led by Woody Poulard (generative artist and Digital Fabrication Educator at NYC Resistor). Register:

https://partiful.com/e/OaMuPHbkv4A3c4MJxwW5

Workshop D: We Are All Cartographers — Tangible Maps 2:00 – 4:00 PM · Room 407

Participants build personalized maps from OpenStreetMap layers using a custom browser-based tool, then print each layer on transparent paper. No coding required. Led by Matthew Blanco (information designer, creative technologist). Register:

https://partiful.com/e/OaMuPHbkv4A3c4MJxwW5

Workshop E: Collective Browsing Portraits 3:00 – 4:00 PM · Room 1201

A collaborative internet walk exploring the poetic, personal web outside of mainstream platforms — and a new project turning collective browsing data into self-portraits. Led by Spencer Chang (artist, engineer, NEW INC Y11). No coding required. Register:

https://partiful.com/e/OaMuPHbkv4A3c4MJxwW5

Talk: Body & Movement as Data 4:00 – 4:30 PM · Room 1201

A presentation and seminar-style discussion on the body as a dataset — through motion capture, MediaPipe, and live performance. Includes a short movement exercise. By Yilin (cultural practitioner and new media artist). Register:

https://partiful.com/e/OaMuPHbkv4A3c4MJxwW5

Share-Back + Prizes + Closing 4:30 – 5:00 PM · Room 1201

Optional share-back of work made during the day. Six $15 e-giftcards will be awarded to projects made during the day. Register:

https://partiful.com/e/OaMuPHbkv4A3c4MJxwW5