YOU ARE PREPARED at Synthetic Narratives Symposium

The next stop for YOU ARE PREPARED is at Synthetic Narratives: AI / XR + The Future of Storytelling, a symposium at Stevens Institute of Technology.

A pop-up training kiosk from YOU ARE PREPARED will exhibit at the UCC Gallery, in the symposium’s Artwork Showcase. The exhibition opening is free and open to the public, with the following day open to ticketed guests.

YOU ARE PREPARED: Pop-up Training Kiosk at Synthetic Narratives
UCC Gallery at Stevens Institute of Technology
1 Castle Point Terrace
Hoboken, NJ
October 24–25, 2025
Special Event October 24: Artwork Showcase Opening

YOU ARE PREPARED: the webinar (online)
The next version rolls out soon.
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YOU ARE PREPARED at New Media Project Space at UNCA

YOU ARE PREPARED exhibits next at The New Media Project Space at UNC Asheville, curated by Victoria Bradbury.

The “pop up training center” contains a series of installations exploring “self-optimization strategies” with interactive training exercises.

YOU ARE PREPARED was created with my students in the Emerging Media Technology Program at New York City College of Technology, City University of New York (CUNY). Additional contributions have been made by “Aiden,” an AI entity.

Check out the project site at YouArePrepared.art, where you can learn more about the physical exhibitions (“pop-up training centers”) and interactive online performance (“exclusive AI-powered webinar”) that you can participate in from home.

YOU ARE PREPARED: Pop-up Training Center at UNCA
New Media Project Space at University of North Carolina Asheville
302 Owen Hall
Asheville, NC
April 4-18, 2025
Special Event April 4: Opening and artist talk with Allison Berkoy

YOU ARE PREPARED: the webinar (online)
The next version rolls out soon.
Sign up here to register for the webinar!

Panel Discussion at CUNY Graduate Center

In Control: Performances Between Humans and AI
a presentation for
AI + Technology in the Arts
Hosted by CUNY Academy for the Humanities and Sciences
November 21, 2024
at CUNY Graduate Center
New York, NY
Free and open to the public

A panel discussion on interactions and emerging dialogues between AI, technology, and the arts.

As artificial intelligence (AI) permeates everyday life, artists are presented with new tools and challenges for creative expression. AI can lead to new processes and ideas, but also to philosophical questions about authenticity and the nature of art-making itself. Exploring the role of technology in the creative process, this panel of exceptional artists and CUNY faculty will examine the myriad roles of AI and technology through interdisciplinary works, concluding with Q&A and panel discussion.

Panelists: Andrew Demirjian, Allison Berkoy, Jonah Brucker Cohen, Jennifer McCoy.
Moderated by: Nazanin Hedayat Munroe.

YOU ARE PREPARED at Harvestworks, UNCA, + Online

YOU ARE PREPARED launches in October 2024, co-presented by Harvestworks Art and Technology Center (NYC) and The New Media Gallery at UNC Asheville. A series of interactive installations exploring “self-optimization strategies,” YOU ARE PREPARED was created with my students in the Emerging Media Technology Program at New York City College of Technology, City University of New York (CUNY).

Check out the project site at YouArePrepared.art, where you can learn more about the physical exhibitions (“pop-up training centers”) and interactive online performance (“exclusive AI-powered webinar”) that you can participate in from home.

YOU ARE PREPARED: Pop-up Training Center at Harvestworks
Harvestworks Art and Technology Program
Building 10a, Nolan Park,
Governors Island, NYC
October 5–27, 2024 (Saturdays + Sundays)
11 AM – 5 PM
Special Event October 26: Meet the artists + project discussion

YOU ARE PREPARED: Pop-up Training Center at UNCA (***POSTPONED***)
New Media Project Space at University of North Carolina Asheville
302 Owen Hall
Asheville, NC
October 10–24, 2024
Special Event October 10: Opening, demos, and artist talk with Allison Berkoy
***All UNCA EVENTS POSTPONED DUE TO HURRICANE HELENE***

YOU ARE PREPARED: the webinar (online)
The beta version begins to roll out in mid-October.
Sign up here to register for the webinar!

New Media Caucus Interview

You can listen to me babble about new media art, current projects, and lots of other stuff in an interview with JLS Gangwisch of the New Media Caucus. Find the transcript and audio ==> over here.

Lecture Series at NYU Tandon

Body-controlling Installations
A presentation for
2024 Integrated Design + Media Lecture Series
Sponsored by IDM + Onassis Onx
April 12, 2024
New York University,
Tandon School of Engineering
Brooklyn, NY
Free and open to the public

Presented by the Integrated Design + Media program at New York University, Tandon School of Engineering, and Onassis Onx. This one is focused on some of my body-controlled / body-controlling interactive installations over the past decade, including current works in progress. Open to the public with registration. See full speaker lineup here.

VGTVG Conference at Monmouth University

Creating a Student-centered R+D Lab for Body-Controlled Games and Interactive Media
A conference presentation for
Valid Gains Through Video Games (VGTVG) Conference
March 23, 2024
Monmouth University
Long Branch, NJ
Free and open to the public

Here is the abstract:

Since 2019, Professor Allison Berkoy has established a series of "pop up" research and development labs, focusing on interactive media and simple body-controlled games, with in-person and online teams. As part of an advanced undergraduate course in the Emerging Media Technology program at CUNY's New York City College of Technology, students, under Berkoy's guidance, have developed a variety of projects. These include an interactive lecture hosted by a talking balloon machine-sculpture, a body-controlled voting system, a computer-mediated jumping content, an augmented reality “toilet paper hoarding” game, among others. Berkoy plans to share insights into the lab's setup, its successes, obstacles encountered, and the use of accessible tools for body-tracking and machine learning, such as ml5.js.