RAID: Talks on Research, AI, and Design
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Join us for the second installment of RAID on February 18, 2025, from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM. We're hosting an evening that breaks down silos between disciplines—artists, designers, researchers, and engineers all converging to share their visions and process.
There will be a series of talks spotlighting the vibrant personal projects and creative initiatives blooming right here in New York City followed by a music set.
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Line Up
Introduction
Trey Schibli, (TBA)
Alexia Adana, Creative Futures: What We Need from AI in 2025
Kelin Carolyn Zhang, Teaching design students how to prototype with LLMs
Danielle Ezzo, Incantations: Thinking Through A Generative Practice
Music Set by MrSynAckSter
MrSynAckSter has spent his entire life hacking computers and making mysterious machine bleeps and bloops. MrSynAckSter journeyed to NYC from the depths of Florida in 2011 to pursue experimental Jazz-noises. In the city, MrSynAckster found untold sonic anarchy in the NYC avant-garde and experimental noise scenes. In 2012, MrSynAckSter was awarded the Brooklyn College John Cage award for experimental music for his work with experimental game-based music.
MrSynAckSter is an award winning participant in the international demoscene. MrSynAckSter makes shader effects and music for his demogroups and participates in the BUS ERROR demo collective, contributing shader effects to oscilloscope-based demos.
MrSynAckSter is a participant and co-organizer of the livecode NYC collective. MrSynAckster performs and organizes live coding concerts where music is created live on screen in front of audiences.
Socializing
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About
Danielle Ezzo is an interdisciplinary artist and writer. She blends contemporary technological artifacts with the handmade, historical, and the personal. Ezzo possesses a particular affinity for exploring archives and data sets, using them as a vehicle to reflect on emergent cultural themes.
Kelin Carolyn Zhang is a designer and educator. After spending a decade designing software, she is now making new consumer hardware with Poetry Camera, an AI-powered camera that prints poems of what it sees. She is an adjunct professor at RISD, teaching industrial design students how to design with AI.
Alexia Adana is a Creative Director and visual artist dedicated to pioneering human craft-centered innovation at the intersection of art and technology. With a focus on the intentional use of technology, she partners with designers, creatives, and technologists to develop impactful experiences and transformative solutions.
Trey Schibli (TBA)
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Submit a talk
Would you be interested in speaking or being the musical guest? Please let us know by filling out the form: https://forms.gle/ej46AN3zMbV7BDUA7
Show us your in progress passion projects, your AI prototypes, your interactive arduino sculptures, or your latest tidalcycles track.
Note: We reserve one spot for first-time speakers and have speaker coaching available.