Yuguang (YG) Zhang is a New York-based new media artist / creative technologist, a member of multidisciplinary artist collective NUUM, and an adjunct faculty at New York University's Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) and Iterative Media Arts Low Res (IMA Low Res).

His current practice, which incorporates interactive media, installation, and live performance, explores the reciprocal relationship between human and technology, the connections / disconnections people make with tangible and intangible alternative intelligence, and the cultural, societal & ethical shifts that come along.

He’s a recipient of a number of internationally recognized new media arts awards, such as the S+T+ARTS S2S award and Re:Humanism AI Art Prize. His works have been showcased at MAXXI - National Museum of XXI Century Arts (Italy), Némo Biennial of Digital Arts (France), Maajaam Art and Technology Farm (Estonia), New Inc., NYC Media Lab, CultureHub, Currents New Media Festival, The Joyce Theater, New York Live Arts, Processing Foundation, Brown Arts Initiative (USA), Beijing Times Art Museum, B·O·N·D International Virtual Live Performance Festival (China), as well as conferences such as CVPR, NeurIPS, Association for Computers and the Humanities (ACH) and more.

Kat is a multidisciplinary digital creative coming from a background of augmented reality, 3D, video production and code working on bringing the next generation of interactive visual storytelling to life. 

She is passionate about building AI tools for video exploration and production that elevate the creative process, putting humans at the helm instead of striving to replace them. 

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.