recently funded projects


What Was Left Behind

Keith

An experimental art installation featuring dressed mannequins, the liminal veil, and a story told without words for those who look deeper.

Portraits of a Star

Jonathan Wang

A grid of paintings featuring original character Asteryski, with a four-pointed star forming across the paintings.

2048 AI

Angela Qian

A neural network trained off human games to play 2048. It was displayed as a retro-style interactive exhibit using a CRT monitor and an old school joystick, where visitors could actively "sabotage" the game and watch the bot attempt to recover.

Beacons

Jack Hogan

Social devices to make warm introductions and bring the party to you.

Qter Robot

Arhan Chaudhary & Henry Rovnyak

A computer architecture that allows humans to perform computations by manipulating the Rubik's Cube by hand with a robot to do the hard work for you.

The Sign

Jack Hogan

A meter-tall Conway glider that lights up according to a color representation of the current time.

μgrants

/ˈmīkrō ɡrants/

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