Performance – ITP/IMA Thesis/Capstone Week 2023

Resonate Frequency

May 8, 2020

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in IMA/ITP New York, Joseph Baker, Nancy Hechinger, Performance, Projects, Sound, Sound in Space, Thesis Part 2: Production, Yotam Mann

Joseph Baker A musical installation that reacts to the rhythm and proximity of movement through suspended resonant structures. https:// Description Resonant frequency was built around the idea that every day is a performance. The goal was to create a musical installation that takes advantage of easy and intuitive movements that have been programmed into our…

The Bureau of Push notifications

May 8, 2020

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in Dana Elkis, Gabe Barcia-Colombo, IMA/ITP New York, Narrative/Storytelling, Performance, Projects, Thesis

Dana Elkis Picture this, looking busy or unreachable for the sake of it, picking up your phone without any explanation when talking to your friends, shifting your body uncomfortably as if undoubtedly what’s playing out on your phone is more important than the moment, mindlessly reacting to every prompt. ‘The bureau of push notifications’ is…

TUI: Tender User Interface

May 8, 2020

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in IMA/ITP New York, Performance, Projects, Sarah Rothberg, Suzanne Li, Thesis Part 2: Production, ToolService

Suzanne Li TUI is an intuitive voice companion that mimics the nature of human intimacy. https://suzanneli.squarespace.com/#/tui-tender-user-interface/ Description Imagine your very beginning – the narrative you were given; the memory you have no recollection of: born inside your mother’s womb; you existed in the world together – you belonged. The connection between your beginning to your…

Magical Musical Wand

May 8, 2020

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in Billy Bennett, Gabe Barcia-Colombo, IMA/ITP New York, Music, Performance, Projects, Thesis

Billy Bennett A magical, musical wand that plays music with the flick of the wrist! https:// Description This project is an extension of a previous design. Now the wand allows you to pick the notes you'd like to play as well as adds a number of new gestures and sounds. The device can be used…

Digital Dance Hall

May 8, 2020

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in Aditya Dahiya, IMA/ITP New York, Performance, Projects, Sarah Rothberg, Thesis Part 2: Production, ToolService

Aditya Dahiya Digital Dance Hall is a social video platform for internet dance parties. It recreates the festive energies, kinesthetic effects, and social interactions of my favorite nightlife environments in an effort to foster spaces for ecstatic communal experiences and the creation of new performative versions of oneself. https://adi.pizza/slices/digital-dance-hall Description Experience design for nightclubs and…

Composition in Confinement

May 8, 2020

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in Choreographic Interventions, Defne Onen, IMA/ITP New York, Mimi Yin, Performance, Projects

Defne Onen Creating immersive environments and choreographed worlds for performance is a complex procedure. In my process of designing I’ve learned to start by separating the procedure into two; the artistic aspect and the technical aspect. These two procedures are explored and constructed together because they augment and support each other. One is a structure…

Crafting Technomagical Experiences

May 8, 2020

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in Hayk Mikayelyan, IMA/ITP New York, Narrative/Storytelling, Performance, Projects, Stefani Bardin, Thesis

Hayk Mikayelyan Exploring applications of technology as a toolbox to create magical experiences that inspire wonder and embrace human connection. As well as combination of magic with technology to give people an impression of what may lie beyond our current technological capabilities and communication limitations. https:// Description We live in a crucial moment when the…

Complication of the Computer Mouse

May 8, 2020

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in Culture, Emma Norton, Performance, Projects

Emma Norton As the mouse becomes a less necessary element within the continuously emerging ensembles of ubiquitous networked computing my thesis seeks to ask questions not only of how humans and computers shape one another but of what is surfaced when the mouse is taken on its own terms, as the element which entangles humans…

Structure-Body: Truss I

May 8, 2020

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in dance, IMA/ITP New York, installation art, Jordan Rickman, Performance, physical computing, Projects, Thesis, Zoe Fraade-Blanar

Jordan Rickman What unique artistic possibilities or properties might emerge when combining the movement forms of contemporary dance with the interactive installations and objects enabled by digital technology? Structure-Body: Truss I is an experiment exploring this new ground. https://itp.jordan-rickman.net/thesis-itp/ Description Structure-Body: Truss I is an interactive kinetic sculpture designed to be danced with in a…

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