{"id":551,"date":"2022-08-24T17:58:04","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T17:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp_dev\/?p=551"},"modified":"2025-04-14T16:50:49","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T16:50:49","slug":"nothing-creating-illusions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/nothing-creating-illusions\/","title":{"rendered":"Nothing: Creating Illusions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Performing-Online-1-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6897\" srcset=\"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Performing-Online-1-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Performing-Online-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Performing-Online-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Performing-Online-1-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Performing-Online-1.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Andrew Lazarow<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How do we make something from nothing, and nothing from something? The idea of nothing, and optical illusions have been linked since the western discovery of zero lead to the beginning of linear perspective. In this course we will explore an array of optical illusions, ranging from traditional approaches to new technologies. Structured as primarily a studio course, we will work directly with Pepper&#8217;s Ghost, disappearing acts, making solid objects appear transparent, invisibility, false sense of depth, and approaches to designing negative space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Assignments will include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Readings and blog post responses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Creating small-scale illusions with and without the aid of new technologies<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Exercises in camera analysis and projection mapping<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Calibrating camera values with projector values<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Making user interactions invisible, and then transmittable <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 A Midterm: Creating a small scale prototype with controlled interactions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 A Final: Designing a full scale prototype accounting for user interactions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do we make something from nothing, and nothing from something? The idea of nothing, and optical illusions have been linked since the western discovery of zero lead to the beginning of linear perspective. In this course we will explore an array of optical illusions, ranging from traditional approaches to new technologies. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6898,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-courses","category-tier-2-courses"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=551"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6899,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551\/revisions\/6899"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}