VISITING ASSISTANT ARTS PROFESSOR

Aidan Nelson is a creative developer and educator working in live arts.  He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Theatre from Dartmouth College and an MPS in Interactive Telecommunications from NYU ITP.

He is an enthusiastic and frequent collaborator with theatres, museums and other cultural spaces working to create more engaging and human ways for people to connect in physical and hybrid art spaces.  This work has involved building real-time web-based performance venues, 3D installations, as well as developing open-source tools, frameworks and documentation to make these emerging technologies more accessible for artists and creative professionals.  Clients and collaborators include CultureHub, LaMaMa ETC, the Park Avenue Armory, MAXXI Roma & L’Aquila and more.  

At ITP and IMA, he teaches courses on storytelling through emerging technologies as well as real-time media and 3D web development.