CHiKA teaches how to map mono-color LED light strips using MadMapper and hardware. Photo courtesy of ITP Camp via Flickr
ITP Camp was profiled in NYU Connect:
“It worked yesterday…why is it not working today?” exclaims a voice — half laughing, half desperate — somewhere in the labyrinth of rooms. Hidden behind black curtains, cardboard, and a sea of wires, two campers are sitting in front of screens of various sizes. “Come in, come in — this will be a spaceship tomorrow!” they laugh as they continue connecting wires.
This is ITP Camp, 12 hours before the end-of-camp “Show All Things” Show, and the atmosphere is pretty wild. The scene that unfolds in front of an unprepared visitor is chaotic, playful, energetic, desperate, creative, inspiring, and heartwarming at the same time. Here are about 100 creators, all very different. Some are young, some are old, some are tech-nerds, some have never touched a VR-headset, some make video-art, others yoga; all of them together seem more like a wild version of Hogwarts than attendees of an annual NYU art-technology camp.
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