🤔 Did you know that you can now declare a Minor in IMA? 🪧❓ @shiffman.lol heads to WSP to spread the word and quiz NYU students on IMA and other NYU acronyms!

Learn more at itp.nyu.edu/ima/minor-in-ima

🌎🍃 ITP Resident Mary Mark (aka Dr Markhvida) took us to the NYU Climate Initiative Conference, where she presented her research with ITP Prof. Yuliya Parshina-Kottas, visualizing climate disasters before they happen so that communities can feel prepared and empowered.

👃Computer vision got your nose? 🤏 Come with me to learn about hand and body tracking in Creative Computing with Prof Jack!

The class Creative Computing teaches IMA students the basics of coding and physical computing, which includes libraries like ml5 which can track body parts through a webcam. 📹

🚌 Prof. Blair Simmons took the Useless Machines class on a field trip to Pioneer Works this Spring, and we got to tag along! It was a treat to see the ins and outs of how the cultural arts center runs and the exhibition by past ITP Project Fellow Yehwan Song.

Last week, IMA seniors and ITP second years showcased the projects they’ve been building all year—and we asked a few to do the impossible: describe it all in just one sentence.

✨ Le IT-Poisson Steve 🐟💪💪 Hope we’re not too late to catch the tail-end of this trend!

Here come the ALTER EGOS! 🦹 Professor Ali Santana’s IMA Alter Egos class takes the stage at The Garage on Tuesday May 6th!

Each student has created a unique persona and an audio-visual performance to go with it. What new characters will we see this semester?

🖼️ Gallerists watch out! IMA students are taking over!

For the class “Open Call”, students are tasked with curating a real exhibition at a professional gallery space featuring work created by their classmates. This show is all about hoarding!

📸 Who needs photobooths when you can make one at school!

Students in IMA class Experimental Photography show off their midterm projects, including 📝 affirmations, 🍞 bread, and 🐟 fisheye lenses!

Visual Artists 🤝 Computers

ITP/IMA professor Sharon talks about the history of “AI art” and what new AI tools today can learn from the way visual artists have been using generative tools and computers since the 1960s.

#generativeart #aiart #visualart

Tom Igoe, co-founder of Arduino, and… monkey collector? 🐵

💡You may know him as the creator of physical computing and professor of classes such as “Light” and “Connected Devices”.

Come with us on a tour of the madness that is Tom’s desk! 🚨 LEDs that might blow up! 🧰 Storage solutions!

Every year, we host Grad Launch, a two-week deep dive into career, creativity, and what’s next after ITP and IMA! 🚀

This year, students joined guest speakers, workshops, portfolio reviews, and networking to sharpen skills—covering resumes, artist statements, startups, and legal essentials.

Red Burns, in her own words, narrated by faculty member John Henry Thompson.

Donate to the Red Burns Scholarship fund on NYU One Day to make an education in arts and technology accessible to all.

Click our link in bio to donate #nyuoneday

⚡️ More energy, more footwork! 🔋

How can we design alternative ways to power our projects? Professor Jeff Feddersen explains Energy and how easy it is to make electricity from motion.

#physicalcomputing #motors #generators #flemingsrighthandrule #physics

Resident @elyana.shams is taking ITP to Philly 🦅

Elyana’s piece “Cheshmee” is a part of the @nationallibertymuseum’s new exhibition “Word Powered” which examines the dynamic relationship between censorship, freedom of expression, and diverse perspectives.

The tools down there are mysterious and important…

🪚🗜️Did you know we have a second woodshop in addition to the one on the fourth floor? Head down to the basement to use the ShopBot CNC mills, the Shaper Origin, the lathe, the spray paint booth, and so much more!

#severance #itp #ima

🪡 Electronic textiles are lighting up 370 Jay Street!💡
Design studio Craftwork Collective have opened their latest exhibition “Radiant Fibers” in the Clive Davis Gallery
Come see interactive fiber art pieces exploring the relationship between textiles and technology, like Liz Ensz’s “Anxiety Oracle”