MFAD+T Thesis Show 2014

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Location

Theresa Lang Student & Community Center
55 W 13th St
New York, NY 10011

Fri May 16 2 - 8pm
Sat May 17 12 - 7pm

keynote speakers

Majora Carter

Majora Carter is an urban revitalization strategy consultant, real estate developer, and Peabody Award winning broadcaster. She is responsible for the creation & successful implementation of numerous green-infrastructure projects, policies, and job training & placement systems.

She’s founded Sustainable South Bronx in 2001, and co-founded Green For All soon after, among other organizations. Her consulting company, Majora Carter Group LLC, was named Best for the World, 2014 by bcorporation.net. Her work involves unorthodox notions about urban economic developments designed to help move Americans out of poverty.

Emily Gobeille & Theo Watson

Theo Watson is an artist, designer and experimenter. An open-source enthusiast, he works together with Zach Lieberman and Arturo Castro in the openFrameworks toolkit for creative coding. Emily Gobeille is an artist and award-winning designer who specializes in merging technology and design to create rich immersive design experiences.

Theo and Emily are co-founders of Design I/O – a creative studio specializing in the design and development of cutting edge, immersive, interactive installations – pushing the boundaries of what is possible in the intersection between design and technology.

panels

Storytelling

Conveying stories in a variety of forms, involving their audience and participants to different degrees. In some of these projects, the audience is recipient of the story; in others, the participants become a part of the narrative.

Really Big Data

Tapping into the swarm of data generated by us and surrounding us, commenting on the role of the massive amount of often-hidden detail that exists.

Play

Inviting the audience to participate and explore. Some are toys that invite open-ended play; others are games with formalized rules, winning, and losing.

Education

Approaching the world of education through innovation – illuminating topics through demonstration, visualization, and participation. Some are geared toward children, while certain projects aim to broaden the knowledge of adults.

Critical & Speculative

Speculating over near or far future scenarios. Critiquing our world through design. Questioning current social practices or directions in which we may be moving.

Experiential

Enveloping the audience, immersing them in space and exploring the intersection of the physical and digital worlds.

Information Instruments

Conveying, managing and understanding information – presenting it to audiences in unique ways.

schedule

Friday, May 16th

2.00PM - 8.00PM

Opening:
Majora Carter
Break

2.00PM - 2.40PM

2.40PM - 2.45PM

Experiential 1

2.45PM

Panel respondent: Joe Saavedra