from Feb 22 to Feb 25
[Experience Innovation]
at Berklee NYC
All presentations and workshops are open to all BerkleeNYC students.
A four-day conference and art hackathon exploring emerging technologies and fine art
Day 1
Explore immersive video content creation techniques
Day 2
Delve into spatial audio mixing techniques for XR platforms
Day 3
Innovate! Take your hackathon project to the next level using cutting-edge technology
Day 4
Showcase your work
The general structure is morning tech presentations, then the afternoons and evenings are spent developing works to be presented on a Friday showcase. Two artists... Brain Gonzalez and Mikel Glass have offered art to function as the genesis of student works. Important technologies presented here are Augmented Reality, Spatial Audio, Entertainment Networking and Projection Mapping.
The Speakers
Zebbler Peter Berdovsky
Visual Artist, VJ, Assistant Professor at Berklee College of Music
Jeanine Cowen
Composer, Music Producer, Sound designer, Acting Assistant Chair at Berklee College of Music
Mikel Glass
Fine Artist
Daniel Goggin
Experiential Designer, Producer, Artist, Founder of Busy Boy
Brian Gonzalez
Film Maker and Visual Artist
Milan Kovacev
CMO and Co-founder of Hoverlay
Dave "Dax" Maynard
Chief Technology Officer for Solar Havoc LLC, and Synaptic Sparks Inc
Matt Nichols
Creative Coder at Meta
Marcela Rada
Sound Engineer, Content Developer, Instructor at the University of Lethbridge
Nicolas Robbe
CEO and Co-founder of Hoverlay
Ryan Sciaino
DJ, Digital Visual Artist, Instructor at Berklee NYC
David Sheinkopf
Creative Technologist, Guest Artist/Lecturer at Columbia University
Loudon Stearns
Program Director, Live Experience Design; Director of Academic Technology at Berkee NYC
John Taylor
Strategic Consultant at Dirt Empire, Co-Founder of LumiGeek
Kristjan Thor
Freelance Director of Theater, Film, and Immersive Experiences
Frank Woodworth
Marketing & Strategy For Creative Media & Technology
The Venue
Power Station at BerkleeNYC
441 W 53rd St, New York, NY
Power Station at BerkleeNYC, formerly known as Avatar Studios and The Power Station, is a recording studio at 441 West 53rd Street between Ninth and Tenth avenues in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood in Manhattan, New York City. The building contains 5 studio spaces: A, B, C, G, and E, as well as a Blackbox theater.
Let us know if you'll be attending!