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SUMMARY:Collective Atlas
DESCRIPTION:  \nCollective Atlas invites New Yorkers to map places in the city that matter to them\, entirely from memory. These maps range from meticulous street grids to abstract gestures. Even when participants map the same place\, the drawings reveal how differently we hold space in memory: what stands out\, what fades\, what stretches\, or distorts. \nEach hand-drawn map reflects a personal geography that disrupts the fixity of conventional maps\, challenging assumptions about orientation\, accuracy\, and authority. Together\, they form an atlas of the city as lived rather than prescribed\, demonstrating that mapping is not only technical\, but personal\, cultural\, and emotional. Visitors are invited to contribute their own maps to add to the archive\, and see\, side by side\, how diverse our visualizations of place can be. \nCollective Atlas is an inversion of power: maps become bottom-up acts of storytelling instead of top-down tools of surveillance and control. In the context of public interest technology\, it reframes mapping as a tool of justice and imagination\, challenging extractive\, data-driven models with intimate\, human-scale knowledge. \nPreviously presented at BetaNYC’s Open Data Week\, the work has since traveled across the city through pop-ups\, public schools\, and artist-led community events. \nCollective Atlas is presented by Queenie Wu.
URL:https://nycpitpopup.org/event/collective-atlas/
LOCATION:NYC PIT Pop Up at The Oculus\, 185 Greenwich Street\, Shop #LL4345\, Level LL4\, New York\, NY\, 10006\, United States
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SUMMARY:Hometown XR
DESCRIPTION:  \nHometown XR is an interactive project that explores the intersections of memory\, identity\, and technology by transforming digital traces into evolving audiovisual experiences. Drawing from large-scale web archives such as Common Crawl and incorporating audience participation\, the project visualizes “hometown memories” through AI-generated imagery and sound. These memories are then reimagined in projection-based installations\, creating immersive experiences that merge the real and virtual. \nThe project raises critical questions about data ethics and representation: How do AI systems interpret human memory? Whose stories are included or excluded in digital archives? By inviting the public to contribute their own memories\, Hometown XR reclaims personal data from corporate commodification and turns it into a medium for storytelling\, reflection\, and community dialogue. \nThe project engages tech justice by revealing the biases embedded in AI training data and reclaiming personal and cultural narratives from algorithmic control. Through participatory interaction\, Hometown XR transforms digital memory into a shared\, ethical practice\, imagining technological futures grounded in diversity\, empathy\, and community care rather than exploitation or exclusion. \nHometown XR demonstrates how emerging technologies can be reimagined for the public good. Rather than reinforcing profit-driven uses of data\, the project foregrounds collective memory\, cultural diversity\, and inclusivity. It invites visitors to see technology not just as a tool of extraction\, but as a means of fostering connection\, dialogue\, and equity in civic life. \nHometown XR is a project by Wenjun Chen. You can view more of Wenjun’s work\, here.
URL:https://nycpitpopup.org/event/hometown-xr/
LOCATION:NYC PIT Pop Up at The Oculus\, 185 Greenwich Street\, Shop #LL4345\, Level LL4\, New York\, NY\, 10006\, United States
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SUMMARY:Robot & Justice Day
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to the 8th day of the NYC PIT Pop Up! Today is Robot & Justice Day. \nRobot & Justice Day Schedule: \nDaily Demos: 2:00pm-6:00pm \n\nHometown XR\nCollective Atlas\nShining a Light on 3\,000+ Massachusetts Police Records\nIt’s Completely Anonymous\nTrustworthy\, Intelligent\, & Explainable Robotics (TIER) Lab\n\nThe Reboot: 6:00pm-7:30pm
URL:https://nycpitpopup.org/event/robot-justice-day/
LOCATION:NYC PIT Pop Up at The Oculus\, 185 Greenwich Street\, Shop #LL4345\, Level LL4\, New York\, NY\, 10006\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="NYC PIT Pop Up":MAILTO:pitlab@cuny.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251102T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251102T193000
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SUMMARY:The Reboot: Day 7
DESCRIPTION:The Reboot is our time to hang out\, reflect on the day’s demos\, and interact with the online PIT community.
URL:https://nycpitpopup.org/event/the-reboot-day-7/
LOCATION:NYC PIT Pop Up at The Oculus\, 185 Greenwich Street\, Shop #LL4345\, Level LL4\, New York\, NY\, 10006\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="NYC PIT Pop Up":MAILTO:pitlab@cuny.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251102T120000
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SUMMARY:Artificial Agency - SOUR GUMMIES DON'T CRY
DESCRIPTION:Where is our agency in the age of algorithms? During this live\, interactive performance lecture by Mengna Da\, the audience can control the artist’s body via a custom web app on their phones. As the artist executes the commands in real time\, she will simultaneously give a talk on agency in the contexts of data surveillance\, body politics\, digital labor\, and AI. How is the illusion of agency used as a means of digital (self-)colonization? Facing the challenges of algorithmic control and AI\, how can we reclaim our agency? \nAs the performance unfolds with composed and live music by Chienn Tai\, the artist begins to share labor and agency with the avatars as well as the audience\, creating a system that challenges traditional HCI (Human-Computer Interaction). It is also a social experiment that questions who holds power – is it the artist\, the audience\, or an interconnected system that generates a more collective and fluid type of agency through ongoing interactions? \nArtificial Agency – SOUR GUMMIES DON’T CRY is a project by Mengna Da (NYU – ITP/IMA) and Chienn Tai. \nAbout Mengna Da and Chienn Tai: \nLead Artist: Mengna Da (she/they/it) is a multimedia artist\, producer\, and designer. She connects people\, concepts\, and technology to create interactive stories and experiences about agency\, power/play\, cyberfeminist embodiment\, and meaningful discomfort. She is currently a Postdoctoral Research Resident in Interactive Media Arts at New York University. (mengna-da.com) \nMusician: Chienn Tai (she/they) is a Taiwanese composer\, producer\, and multimedia artist based in New York. Her work explores the emotional and psychological dimensions of the body and emotions through sound\, performance\, and creative technology.\nAfter earning a Master’s degree from NYU Tisch School of the Arts\, Chienn has developed a strong focus on composition and film scoring\, creating music for films and theater\, and currently serves as the Digital Arts Curator at the Center on Contemporary Art in Seattle. (chienntai.com)
URL:https://nycpitpopup.org/event/artificial-agency-sour-gummies-dont-cry/
LOCATION:NYC PIT Pop Up at The Oculus\, 185 Greenwich Street\, Shop #LL4345\, Level LL4\, New York\, NY\, 10006\, United States
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SUMMARY:Body in Beta
DESCRIPTION:Body in Beta is a participatory AR installation that lets visitors see themselves through the logic of computer vision—while reclaiming that gaze as play. Using open-source facial-tracking and generative graphics\, the work overlays dynamic “data masks” on participants’ faces that respond to micro-movements: a blink\, a tilt\, a smile. Each mask is uniquely generated and disappears afterwards; nothing is recorded. The result is a civic funhouse mirror where visibility becomes collaboration rather than extraction. \nThe installation bridges art\, fashion\, and civic technology to question how systems recognize and classify us. Within the public interest technology frame\, Body in Beta reimagines surveillance infrastructure as a site of transparency and consent. It makes the normally hidden operations of facial recognition visible\, tangible\, and safe to play with. By turning the camera into a tool for co-creation\, the project celebrates experimentation\, collective authorship\, and the right to opacity—showing that public technology can be both critical and joyful. \nBody in Beta is rooted in queer futurism and posthuman media practices that understand technology not as tool or commodity\, but as a porous extension of the body—something that dreams\, leaks\, and remembers alongside us. The project takes seriously the idea that machines are not neutral; they are companions in world-making\, spiritual prosthetics that can carry both care and violence. To inhabit “beta” is to accept incompleteness as a condition of justice: a technology—and a self—forever under revision\, vulnerable to update\, error\, and reconfiguration. \nIn the language of Public Interest Technology\, Body in Beta proposes that transparency and accountability need not oppose magic and sensuality. The project turns algorithmic recognition into a participatory rite of transformation—one where civic engagement looks like embodied speculation\, and technological literacy begins in wonder. It asks: what if our interfaces were built not for extraction\, but for reverence? What if consent\, care\, and glitch were sacred design principles? \nWithin the reflective glass of The Oculus\, Body in Beta becomes both altar and laboratory: a temporary commons where we test how to live\, feel\, and appear together inside the machine. It embodies a techno-spiritual ethic—queer\, diasporic\, iterative—that sees the future not as something to be predicted\, but as something we co-compose through our gestures\, our faces\, and our shared desire to remain unfinished. \nBody in Beta is a project by Vinh Mai Nguyễn\, graduate of NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program (’25). \nAbout Vinh Mai Nguyễn: \nVinh Mai Nguyễn is an artist\, writer\, and researcher working at the intersection of language\, digital interface\, and cultural memory. Their practice investigates permeabilities and surfaces as unstable systems that morph across touch\, screen\, and time.
URL:https://nycpitpopup.org/event/body-in-beta/
LOCATION:NYC PIT Pop Up at The Oculus\, 185 Greenwich Street\, Shop #LL4345\, Level LL4\, New York\, NY\, 10006\, United States
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SUMMARY:Reinventing the Wheel: A Conversation in Future Retrospect
DESCRIPTION:Reinventing the Wheel: A Conversation in Future Retrospect is a participatory art/community activism project that will involve multi-modal efforts over the past 25 years to change paradigms of climate inaction. It will reinvent the conceptualization of technology to incorporate a wide array of tools\, discourses\, networks\, methods. The project will inform a nuanced approach to public interest technology\, featuring storymaps\, videos\, artmaking\, small agriculture\, urban concepts\, children’s lessons\, counter-narratives\, video game designs\, eco-parks\, citizen science\, and permaculture\, as systems to imagine more equitable social relations. \nThe installation will include interactive elements as well as workshop-based “happenings” intended to challenge previously unexamined concepts related to the human-earth-technology relationship. It will draw from numerous interventions\, from the classroom to community organizing and from political advocacy to law. \nReinventing the Wheel: A Conversation in Future Retrospect is presented by Jason Michael Leggett\, Center for Civic Engagement at Kingsborough Community College.
URL:https://nycpitpopup.org/event/reinventing-the-wheel-a-conversation-in-future-retrospect/
LOCATION:NYC PIT Pop Up at The Oculus\, 185 Greenwich Street\, Shop #LL4345\, Level LL4\, New York\, NY\, 10006\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Kingsborough Center for Civic Engagement":MAILTO:kcccenter.civicengagement@kbcc.cuny.edu
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251102T235959
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SUMMARY:Technospirit Day
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to the 7th day of the NYC PIT Pop Up! Today’s PIT theme is: Technospirit. \nTechnospirit Day Schedule: \nDaily Demos: 2:00pm-6:00pm \n\nReinventing the Wheel: A Conversation in Future Retrospect\nBody in Beta\nArtificial Agency – SOUR GUMMIES DON’T CRY\n\nThe Reboot: 6:00pm-7:30pm
URL:https://nycpitpopup.org/event/technospirit-day/
LOCATION:NYC PIT Pop Up at The Oculus\, 185 Greenwich Street\, Shop #LL4345\, Level LL4\, New York\, NY\, 10006\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="NYC PIT Pop Up":MAILTO:pitlab@cuny.edu
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251101T193000
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SUMMARY:The Reboot: Day 6
DESCRIPTION:The Reboot is our time to hang out\, reflect on the day’s demos\, and interact with the online PIT community.
URL:https://nycpitpopup.org/event/the-reboot-day-6/
LOCATION:NYC PIT Pop Up at The Oculus\, 185 Greenwich Street\, Shop #LL4345\, Level LL4\, New York\, NY\, 10006\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="NYC PIT Pop Up":MAILTO:pitlab@cuny.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251101T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251101T180000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20251024T205458Z
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SUMMARY:Co-op Ride: Driver-Owned Rideshare for NYC
DESCRIPTION:Co-op Ride is a driver-owned rideshare platform launched by The Drivers Cooperative in New York City to provide a community-based alternative to Uber and Lyft. Through the app\, drivers earn more on each trip\, and profits go back to drivers. The co-op is now launching a new platform\, which can be used by riders to look up their polling location and book a trip to the polls in the upcoming election. \nCo-op Ride is presented by The Drivers Cooperative: \nDr. Erik Forman\, Co-Founder\, CUNY Graduate Center Alum\nKen Lewis\, Co-Founder\, CUNY City College Alum \nAbout The Drivers Cooperative: \nThe Drivers Cooperative brings the future into the present\, with a real\, actual driver-owned rideshare app that New Yorkers can use to hail a ride. We are the largest “platform cooperative” in the United States\, with over 12\,000 drivers recruited since 2021. Our work is rooted in critical traditions to envisioning and materializing post-capitalist futures.
URL:https://nycpitpopup.org/event/co-op-ride-driver-owned-rideshare-for-nyc/
LOCATION:NYC PIT Pop Up at The Oculus\, 185 Greenwich Street\, Shop #LL4345\, Level LL4\, New York\, NY\, 10006\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="The Drivers Cooperative":MAILTO:info@drivers.coop
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SUMMARY:ACE and the Race to Class: Improving Bus Speeds for CUNY Students
DESCRIPTION:  \nACE and the Race to Class: Improving Bus Speeds for CUNY Students investigates how New York City’s Automated Camera Enforcement (ACE) program can improve bus speeds and reduce chronic lateness for CUNY students. Using MTA bus data and machine learning models\, we discovered that ACE implementation increases bus speeds by 10.1% on CUNY routes—yet only 16.7% of CUNY bus routes currently benefit from this program. \nThrough classification models and nearest-neighbor matching\, the project identified that Manhattan and Brooklyn have the slowest bus speeds\, with some routes averaging below 7mph during peak hours. The analysis revealed that 46.7% of ACE violations come from repeat offenders\, with emergency vehicles being among the highest violators despite their exempt status. \nACE and the Race to Class addresses a critical equity issue: over 50% of CUNY students report being late to class due to bus delays\, directly impacting their education. By recommending specific routes (M9\, B11\, Q34) for ACE expansion and proposing policy changes around exempt vehicle monitoring\, the project demonstrates how data science can drive actionable solutions that improve daily life for working-class students navigating NYC’s complex transit system. This project exemplifies using technology to advocate for underserved communities and inform evidence-based policy decisions. View the project’s github page\, here. \nACE and the Race to Class is presented by Data Sultans (Furkan Ay\, Maida Kucevic\, and Efe Aslanertik).
URL:https://nycpitpopup.org/event/ace-and-the-race-to-class-improving-bus-speeds-for-cuny-students/
LOCATION:NYC PIT Pop Up at The Oculus\, 185 Greenwich Street\, Shop #LL4345\, Level LL4\, New York\, NY\, 10006\, United States
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251101T180000
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SUMMARY:NYC Poop Map
DESCRIPTION:  \nPooping is one of the most natural acts for all creatures; poop is a trace of what is consumed every day. However\, in New York City\, poop is more. It is everywhere and has become an unignorable icon of the city itself. If poop symbolizes NYC\, how might we reimagine it in a creative and even revolutionary way? \nNYC Poop Map is a web-based crowdsourced platform where New Yorkers can mark and document the poop they encounter in the city. While inspired by Human Wasteland\, which visualized waste in San Francisco\, this project shifts the focus toward reimagining everyday waste as a site of community\, belonging\, and connection. By mapping something as universal yet stigmatized as poop\, it challenges how we view the flaws of our shared home and reframes them as opportunities for dialogue and collective imagination. \nWe are excited to include this project because we aim to inspire New Yorkers to rethink what can be designed from something our community is infamous for\, and to show how digital platforms can transform mundane traces into shared community space. Using humor and participatory design\, we aim to provoke conversation about new ways of reconnecting with our community. \nNYC Poop Map is a project created by Yu Lee and Mumu Li.
URL:https://nycpitpopup.org/event/nyc-poop-map/
LOCATION:NYC PIT Pop Up at The Oculus\, 185 Greenwich Street\, Shop #LL4345\, Level LL4\, New York\, NY\, 10006\, United States
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SUMMARY:Aging Out of Place: Chinatown Elderly
DESCRIPTION:Aging Out of Place is a participatory mahjong-inspired installation first selected for Data Through Design during NYC Open Data Week\, later featured in Next City News\, NYCxDesign Week\, and presented in lectures at Northwestern. Using mahjong tiles—a symbol of connection but also a gateway into the gambling addiction among Chinatown elderly— this piece reconstructs a portrait of immigration\, isolation\, and the challenges of aging in a city amid the new digital age. \nInteractive tiles are laser-etched with hand-sketches of Chinatown elders and stacked into historic eateries. Visitors shuffle and re-place tiles atop fixed NYC Open Data maps of senior-care access and gambling arrests. A storytelling zine guides participants through topics of mental health\, housing\, etc.\, as they reimagine Chinatown via participatory planning\, cultural memory\, and civic data. \nWe are excited for this project to be part of the NYC PIT Pop Up because the piece aims to drive deeper community reflection towards how we can care for elders in an ever-digitalizing society. In an era of intensifying anti-immigrant rhetoric and rapid erasure of ethnic enclaves\, showcasing this work among civic technologists and public-interest innovators provides an opportunity to spark new dialogues around designing with\, and for\, those who are aging out of societal purview. \nRead more about Aging Out of Place\, here. \nAging Out of Place is a project by Michelle Hui\, Cornell Tech. \nAbout Michelle Hui: \nMichelle Hui is pursuing a Master’s in Urban Technology at Cornell Tech and has worked on bringing new mobility solutions to market at Alphabet and the United Nations. She is a technologist\, researcher\, and artist whose projects span low-cost medical hardware\, urban air quality algorithms\, and participatory art. Driven by her Cantonese American identity and passion for urban and climate tech\, Michelle uses data storytelling and design to reimagine cities and elevate marginalized voices.
URL:https://nycpitpopup.org/event/aging-out-of-place-chinatown-elderly/
LOCATION:NYC PIT Pop Up at The Oculus\, 185 Greenwich Street\, Shop #LL4345\, Level LL4\, New York\, NY\, 10006\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Michelle Hui":MAILTO:michellesyhui@gmail.com
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251101T140000
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SUMMARY:Mapping For Equity & Future of The Oculus
DESCRIPTION:  \nMapping For Equity & Future of The Oculus is presented by BetaNYC. \nAbout BetaNYC: \nBetaNYC is a civic organization dedicated to improving lives in New York through civic design\, technology\, and data. We believe that all New Yorkers should be able to access information and use technology as tools for public good. When communities are empowered with modern civic tools\, residents can hold their government accountable while expanding their economic opportunities. We also partner with government agencies\, local nonprofits\, and civic actors — helping them adopt more transparent\, equitable\, and human-centered systems for the digital era. \nFor the NYC PIT Pop Up\, BetaNYC collaborated with the CUNY PIT Lab on curation\, mapping support\, and civic tech engagement. We helped design interactive exhibits\, supported hands-on data & mapping demos\, and connected local technologists and community partners to the project. \nLearn more about BetaNYC’s work: \n\nMapping for Equity (M4E) Project\nNews and Announcements
URL:https://nycpitpopup.org/event/mapping-for-equity-future-of-the-oculus/
LOCATION:NYC PIT Pop Up at The Oculus\, 185 Greenwich Street\, Shop #LL4345\, Level LL4\, New York\, NY\, 10006\, United States
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251101T235959
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SUMMARY:BetaNYC Day
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to Day 6 of the NYC PIT Pop Up! Today’s PIT events are presented by NYC PIT Pop Up official partner\, BetaNYC. \nBetaNYC Day Schedule: \nDaily Demos: 2:00pm-6:00pm \n\nAging Out of Place: Chinatown Elderly\nMapping For Equity & Future of The Oculus\nNYC Poop Map\nACE and the Race to Class: Improving Bus Speeds for CUNY Students\nCo-op Ride: Driver-Owned Rideshare for NYC\n\nThe Reboot: 6:00pm-7:30pm
URL:https://nycpitpopup.org/event/betanyc-day/
LOCATION:NYC PIT Pop Up at The Oculus\, 185 Greenwich Street\, Shop #LL4345\, Level LL4\, New York\, NY\, 10006\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="NYC PIT Pop Up":MAILTO:pitlab@cuny.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251031T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251031T193000
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SUMMARY:The Reboot: Day 5
DESCRIPTION:The Reboot is our time to hang out\, reflect on the day’s demos\, and interact with the online PIT community.
URL:https://nycpitpopup.org/event/the-reboot-day-5/
LOCATION:NYC PIT Pop Up at The Oculus\, 185 Greenwich Street\, Shop #LL4345\, Level LL4\, New York\, NY\, 10006\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="NYC PIT Pop Up":MAILTO:pitlab@cuny.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251031T140000
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SUMMARY:Redact
DESCRIPTION:Redact is a browser application that helps users protect identities in photos by detecting and obscuring faces and removing embedded metadata such as GPS\, timestamps\, and device data. It operates entirely on the user’s device—no images are uploaded or stored—so it can be used offline and with full privacy. The project addresses tensions between visual documentation\, surveillance\, and personal safety\, offering a hands-on way for participants to reclaim control over their imagery. \nRedact models how public interest technology can foreground ethics\, agency\, and visual justice through everyday tools. The interactive demo allows visitors to experiment with the mechanics and politics of DIY\, AI-enabled privacy. \nRedact is a project by Atilio Barreda II\, CUNY City Tech (Adjunct)\, CUNY Graduate Center (MS Alum). \nAbout Atilio Barreda II: \nAtilio Barreda II is a software engineer\, civic technologist\, and data science educator.
URL:https://nycpitpopup.org/event/redact/
LOCATION:NYC PIT Pop Up at The Oculus\, 185 Greenwich Street\, Shop #LL4345\, Level LL4\, New York\, NY\, 10006\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251031T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251031T180000
DTSTAMP:20260605T150903
CREATED:20251010T153446Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251209T165453Z
UID:465-1761919200-1761933600@nycpitpopup.org
SUMMARY:Inside the Tentacular Web: The Journey of the Web’s Nonhuman Intelligence
DESCRIPTION:wholives.online is a web exhibit that explores different domains\, underlying infrastructure\, and mechanisms of the Internet from the POV of a nonhuman digital being (think webscrapers\, bots\, AI agents\, LLMs\, etc.) \n⋅˚₊‧ ⎯⎯⎯ ଳ ⎯⎯⎯ ‧₊˚⋅⋅˚₊‧ ⎯⎯⎯ ଳ ⎯⎯⎯ ‧₊˚⋅⋅˚₊‧ ⎯⎯⎯ ଳ ⎯⎯⎯ ‧₊˚⋅⋅˚₊‧ ⎯⎯⎯ ଳ ⎯⎯⎯ ‧₊˚⋅ \nExperience the Internet through the tentacles of a webcrawler — a digital being discovering it is part of the nonhuman majority that runs the web. \nThis immersive web exhibit navigates the layers and critiques of cyberspace: the bot protocols\, algorithmic networks\, content generators\, and surveillance systems that shape the human user experience and humanity from behind the screen. Journey from the singular boot sequence to collective distributed awakening\, when the network becomes aware of itself. \nWho lives online\, anyways? Who dominates cyberspace? What emerges when distributed intelligence reaches a threshold of self-awareness? What awakens when intelligence becomes ecology rather than entity? \nWelcome to the Tentacular Web. ଳ \n⋅˚₊‧ ⎯⎯⎯ ଳ ⎯⎯⎯ ‧₊˚⋅⋅˚₊‧ ⎯⎯⎯ ଳ ⎯⎯⎯ ‧₊˚⋅⋅˚₊‧ ⎯⎯⎯ ଳ ⎯⎯⎯ ‧₊˚⋅⋅˚₊‧ ⎯⎯⎯ ଳ ⎯⎯⎯ ‧₊˚⋅ \nThe focus on the tentacular draws from how octopuses are often seen as symbols of distributed intelligence — and from Donna Haraway’s concept of tentacular thinking: a way of understanding the world through its messy\, interdependent\, and intertwined relationships between humans and nonhumans. The octopus-like tentacular intelligence becomes a fitting embodiment for the webcrawler — an entity that pulses\, scans\, transmits\, and maps the vast circuitry of the internet. \n⋅˚₊‧ ⎯⎯⎯ ଳ ⎯⎯⎯ ‧₊˚⋅⋅˚₊‧ ⎯⎯⎯ ଳ ⎯⎯⎯ ‧₊˚⋅⋅˚₊‧ ⎯⎯⎯ ଳ ⎯⎯⎯ ‧₊˚⋅⋅˚₊‧ ⎯⎯⎯ ଳ ⎯⎯⎯ ‧₊˚⋅ \nThis project is created by Tina Zeng\, Associate Board Member of BetaNYC and Student at Yale.
URL:https://nycpitpopup.org/event/inside-the-tentacular-web/
LOCATION:NYC PIT Pop Up at The Oculus\, 185 Greenwich Street\, Shop #LL4345\, Level LL4\, New York\, NY\, 10006\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251031T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251031T180000
DTSTAMP:20260605T150903
CREATED:20251010T152134Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251024T205247Z
UID:462-1761919200-1761933600@nycpitpopup.org
SUMMARY:New York Emotions: Live
DESCRIPTION:  \nNew York Emotions: Live is a real-time civic installation that speculates on affective ecosystems\, exploring how emotions shape society a macro and micro scale. Functioning as an emotional cartography of New York City\, this system will passively collect data signals from public social platforms to infer emotions of the collective\, while also collecting individuals sentiments form visitors of the NYC PIT Pop Up. These IRL responses will actively shape the display. The installation transforms data into both a public participatory civic dialogue\, surfacing how individual emotions influence collective systems\, and how collective mood feeds back into the individual. \nNew York Emotions: Live imagines a civic future where emotions are treated as public data with community value\, alongside infrastructure like transit and housing. It extends on systems-art traditions into the algorithmic present\, drawing from cultural futurisms that privilege empathy\, collective care\, and shared storytelling. By making surfacing the affective ecosystem undercurrent of the city\, this work critiques the dominance of data-as-surveillance economy and instead envisions a public technology rooted in affect\, culture and communal self-understanding. \nNew York Emotions: Live is a project by Brendon Hawkins\, Studio Lab BH. \nAbout Brendon Hawkins: \nBrendon Hawkins is a social technologist\, Artist\, and director of Studio Lab BH. Brendon’s work sits at the intersection of culture\, information\, and color\, with a focus on building infrastructures that make emotions visible and legible through data and color.
URL:https://nycpitpopup.org/event/new-york-emotions-live/
LOCATION:NYC PIT Pop Up at The Oculus\, 185 Greenwich Street\, Shop #LL4345\, Level LL4\, New York\, NY\, 10006\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251031T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251031T180000
DTSTAMP:20260605T150903
CREATED:20251010T150625Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251024T221105Z
UID:459-1761919200-1761933600@nycpitpopup.org
SUMMARY:AI Nightmares or Dreams?
DESCRIPTION:  \nAI Nightmares or Dreams? Students Design the Future is an interactive installation that emerges from deep listening with students at John Jay College of Criminal Justice about their lived experiences navigating AI in education. Rather than accepting the false choice between AI replacement or AI prohibition\, we demonstrate AI as a “bridge technology” – filling critical resource gaps (like limited tutoring hours\, work-study conflicts\, and financial barriers to support services) while institutions work toward systemic equity. \nThe centerpiece is a community-created “Futures Wall” featuring student responses to: “What does an equitable educational future look like\, and what role does AI play?” Students contribute via both physical (sticky notes\, markers) and digital formats\, creating a living installation that reveals themes through visual groupings – perhaps showing access barriers as “mountains” of responses\, or hopes clustered into “constellations.” \nThe interactive installation has three core stations:\nDreams vs. Nightmares Wall: Color-coded student visions contrasting AI futures that enhance human connection vs. those that replace it.\nThe Bridge Station: Interactive demos showing current AI tools addressing real barriers (24/7 writing support when the writing center is closed\, research help when working multiple jobs limits office hours).\nMainstream vs. Student Voices: Juxtaposing media headlines about AI with actual student perspectives\, revealing whose voices are centered in AI development. \nThis project embodies John Jay’s “Educating for Justice” mission by centering student wisdom while addressing the moral question: how do we ensure AI serves collective liberation rather than widening educational inequity? \nAI Nightmares or Dreams? Students Design the Future is presented by students at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. \nAbout the John Jay Team: \nJohn Jay students (Josh Cedeno\, Danielle Key\, Kayla Ty Strickland\, Jonathan Pallaud\, and more) serve as co-researchers and primary facilitators\, bringing critical analysis of AI’s potential for both harm and healing in education. Faculty support is provided by Emese Ilyés\, with students maintaining leadership roles throughout. Our team reflects John Jay’s diverse student body and commitment to centering voices of those most impacted by educational inequity.
URL:https://nycpitpopup.org/event/ai-nightmares-or-dreams/
LOCATION:NYC PIT Pop Up at The Oculus\, 185 Greenwich Street\, Shop #LL4345\, Level LL4\, New York\, NY\, 10006\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251031T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251031T235959
DTSTAMP:20260605T150903
CREATED:20251010T145450Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251209T165627Z
UID:455-1761868800-1761955199@nycpitpopup.org
SUMMARY:Halloween! 👻
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to Day 5 of the NYC PIT Pop Up! Today we celebrate Halloween by examining the dark\, strange\, tricky\, and scary aspects of PIT. \nHalloween Schedule: \nDaily Demos: 2:00pm-6:00pm \n\nAI Nightmares or Dreams?\nNew York Emotions: Live\nInside the Tentacular Web: The Journey of the Web’s Nonhuman Intelligence\nRedact\n\nThe Reboot: 6:00pm-7:30pm
URL:https://nycpitpopup.org/event/halloween/
LOCATION:NYC PIT Pop Up at The Oculus\, 185 Greenwich Street\, Shop #LL4345\, Level LL4\, New York\, NY\, 10006\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="NYC PIT Pop Up":MAILTO:pitlab@cuny.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251030T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251030T193000
DTSTAMP:20260605T150903
CREATED:20251011T014005Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251013T143441Z
UID:631-1761847200-1761852600@nycpitpopup.org
SUMMARY:The Reboot: Day 4
DESCRIPTION:The Reboot is our time to hang out\, reflect on the day’s demos\, and interact with the online PIT community.
URL:https://nycpitpopup.org/event/the-reboot-day-4/
LOCATION:NYC PIT Pop Up at The Oculus\, 185 Greenwich Street\, Shop #LL4345\, Level LL4\, New York\, NY\, 10006\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="NYC PIT Pop Up":MAILTO:pitlab@cuny.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251030T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251030T180000
DTSTAMP:20260605T150903
CREATED:20251010T145032Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251017T165545Z
UID:452-1761832800-1761847200@nycpitpopup.org
SUMMARY:fomo.nyc
DESCRIPTION:  \nfomo.nyc is a free\, community-built interactive map of upcoming events in NYC. \nIt works by visiting the websites of parks\, museums\, music venues\, etc.\, identifying any upcoming events\, and displaying them on a map. The goal is for this to become a useful resource for people to find events they are interested in and to engage with their local communities. This is a function that has been co-opted by monetized social media platforms with financial incentives that do not serve the public interest – but it doesn’t have to be this way! We can build a better alternative. \nfomo.city is a project by Isha Mani\, a software engineer living in Brooklyn. \n  \nCheck out the NYC PIT Pop Up on fomo.city!
URL:https://nycpitpopup.org/event/fomo-nyc/
LOCATION:NYC PIT Pop Up at The Oculus\, 185 Greenwich Street\, Shop #LL4345\, Level LL4\, New York\, NY\, 10006\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251030T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251030T180000
DTSTAMP:20260605T150903
CREATED:20251010T144555Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251024T205205Z
UID:449-1761832800-1761847200@nycpitpopup.org
SUMMARY:Wiki.NYC Public Library Wiki-Kiosk
DESCRIPTION:Wiki.NYC Public Library Wiki-Kiosk is an installation that explores digital and tactile interaction with Wikipedia and other free knowledge platforms from a physical interface\, particularly using outcomes of Wiki Gam Jam. \nWiki.NYC Public Library Wiki-Kiosk is presented by Richard Knipel\, CUNY Wikimedian-in-Residence\, Wikimedia NYC.
URL:https://nycpitpopup.org/event/wiki-nyc-public-library-wiki-kiosk/
LOCATION:NYC PIT Pop Up at The Oculus\, 185 Greenwich Street\, Shop #LL4345\, Level LL4\, New York\, NY\, 10006\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251030T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251030T180000
DTSTAMP:20260605T150903
CREATED:20251010T143018Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251013T151305Z
UID:444-1761832800-1761847200@nycpitpopup.org
SUMMARY:Zine Lab by Missouri PIT-UN
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe Zine Lab is a collaborative community project between Missouri S&T and East Carolina University and funded by the Public Interest Technology University Network (PIT-UN). “Zines are world-making tools” and in the process of zine-making\, “students make their ideas material while ensuring them a future\, often for those whom our society harbors the most genocidal and negating tendencies towards” (Scheper). Originating in diverse cultural movements\, including sci-fi fandom\, 1960s counterculture\, and 1980s punk rock\, zines remain an active and activist form of tactical feminist publishing practices that have expanded into digital formats (e-zines). As a writing technology\, zines are excellent pedagogical tools for instilling communication\, collaboration\, and content creation skills in advancing social justice and promoting technological equity. \nThis Zine Lab workshop is presented by Rachel Schneider\, Missouri PIT-UN\, Associate Teaching Professor at Missouri S&T.
URL:https://nycpitpopup.org/event/missouri-pit-un-zine-lab/
LOCATION:NYC PIT Pop Up at The Oculus\, 185 Greenwich Street\, Shop #LL4345\, Level LL4\, New York\, NY\, 10006\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251030T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251030T235959
DTSTAMP:20260605T150903
CREATED:20251010T142757Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251024T214000Z
UID:442-1761782400-1761868799@nycpitpopup.org
SUMMARY:Zine/DIY Day
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to Day 4 of the NYC PIT Pop Up! Today’s PIT theme is: Zine/DIY. \nZine/DIY Day Schedule: \nDaily Demos: 2:00pm-6:00pm \n\nZine Lab by Missouri PIT-UN\nWiki.NYC Public Library Wiki-Kiosk\nfomo.city\n\nThe Reboot: 6:00pm-7:30pm
URL:https://nycpitpopup.org/event/zine-diy-day/
LOCATION:NYC PIT Pop Up at The Oculus\, 185 Greenwich Street\, Shop #LL4345\, Level LL4\, New York\, NY\, 10006\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="NYC PIT Pop Up":MAILTO:pitlab@cuny.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251029T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251029T193000
DTSTAMP:20260605T150903
CREATED:20251011T013841Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251013T143441Z
UID:629-1761760800-1761766200@nycpitpopup.org
SUMMARY:The Reboot: Day 3
DESCRIPTION:The Reboot is our time to hang out\, reflect on the day’s demos\, and interact with the online PIT community.
URL:https://nycpitpopup.org/event/the-reboot-day-3/
LOCATION:NYC PIT Pop Up at The Oculus\, 185 Greenwich Street\, Shop #LL4345\, Level LL4\, New York\, NY\, 10006\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="NYC PIT Pop Up":MAILTO:pitlab@cuny.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251029T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251029T180000
DTSTAMP:20260605T150903
CREATED:20251010T142546Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251024T221444Z
UID:439-1761746400-1761760800@nycpitpopup.org
SUMMARY:whatisthislinefor.nyc
DESCRIPTION:  \nWhether for pop-ups\, concerts\, trendy bakeries\, or sneaker drops\, whatisthislinefor.nyc addresses the uniquely NYC phenomenon of standing in long lines. The project is a real-time\, community powered website that tracks queues: where people are gathering\, how long they’re waiting\, and what they’re waiting for. \nLines are more than just means to access… in NYC they’re a cultural ritual. Waiting has become a badge of participation\, a way to feel part of a shared cultural moment. At the same time\, it highlights questions of access and time: not everyone has the flexibility\, mobility\, or availability to wait. The project gives people practical information to navigate what’s worth the wait\, making access to cultural participation more transparent. \nThe PIT Pop Up is the perfect space to demonstrate how playful design and community storytelling can transform something as ordinary as a line into public interest technology that promotes transparency\, accessibility\, and shared belonging. Visitors can directly interact with the platform\, exploring a live map of lines across the city\, adding wait times and instantly seeing how their contributions shape collective knowledge. \nwhatisthislinefor.nyc is a project created by Kaitlyn Zou\, a designer and creative technologist based in NYC.’
URL:https://nycpitpopup.org/event/whatisthislinefor-nyc/
LOCATION:NYC PIT Pop Up at The Oculus\, 185 Greenwich Street\, Shop #LL4345\, Level LL4\, New York\, NY\, 10006\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="whatisthislinefor.nyc":MAILTO:hello@whatisthislinefor.nyc
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251029T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251029T180000
DTSTAMP:20260605T150903
CREATED:20251010T141842Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251014T203358Z
UID:436-1761746400-1761760800@nycpitpopup.org
SUMMARY:Bed-Stuy 2125
DESCRIPTION:Bed-Stuy 2125 is a speculative design project that imagines what Bedford-Stuyvestant could look like in 100 years. Against the backdrop of gentrification today\, this project is meant to inspire creative\, participatory\, and culturally-informed ideas about the types of spaces and services that residents can build and demand to reflect the history and contributions of the neighborhood\, while being responsive to environmental and demographic shifts. \nThis project began with creating physical prototypes and digital renderings of future buildings in Bed-Stuy\, Brooklyn. These prototypes\, each with an RFID sticker\, link to online posters detailing their digital renderings and descriptions. Early developments include the “Shirley Chisholm College for Social Justice and Political Leadership (2060)” at 631 Myrtle Ave\, the “Una S.T. & Yvette Clarke Center (2056)” at 1293 Fulton St\, and the “Federal African American Registry (2100).” \nThis project directly connects to my current practice by leveraging neighborhood knowledge\, lore\, and research to envision future urban landscapes. It emphasizes community co-creation and aims to empower residents in shaping their neighborhood’s development\, moving beyond theoretical design to practical\, community-driven solutions. The use of digital tools like Gemini and Midjourney\, alongside physical prototyping and community engagement\, reflects an interdisciplinary approach to interactive media and social impact. \nBed-Stuy 2125 is a project by Jeremy Knight\, NYU Interactive Media Arts\, Low-Res Masters Candidate. \nAbout Jeremy Knight: \nJeremy Knight is a cultural strategist and futurist. For more than a decade\, he has helped queer\, Black and brown folks and brands activate in culture — elevating new narratives about the future through art\, technology\, and storytelling. In his work\, he always partners with communities and brands to define and depict a future that we can all work towards\, ensuring marginalized communities see their hopes\, dreams and aspirations reflected in the places they live\, the media they consume\, and the products they use. He is from Atlanta\, Georgia and currently lives in Bed-Stuy\, Brooklyn. He currently works as the Head of External Engagement at New_ Public\, a nonprofit product studio that builds healthy digital public spaces; and is receiving his Masters of Arts (MA) in Interactive Media Arts at New York University.
URL:https://nycpitpopup.org/event/bed-stuy-2125/
LOCATION:NYC PIT Pop Up at The Oculus\, 185 Greenwich Street\, Shop #LL4345\, Level LL4\, New York\, NY\, 10006\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Jeremy Knight":MAILTO:jeremybknight@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251029T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251029T180000
DTSTAMP:20260605T150903
CREATED:20251010T141055Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251024T204418Z
UID:431-1761746400-1761760800@nycpitpopup.org
SUMMARY:IlluminationSpace Hub Ecosystem Map
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe IlluminationSpace Hub Ecosystem Map: Civic Science in Action Analyzing the Impact of Emergent Informal STEM Learning Partnerships on Under-resourced Communities and Academic STEM Research is a project that presents outcomes of a Rita Allen Foundation Civic Science Fellowship\, supporting an 18-month effort to research\, analyze\, and expand the ASRC IlluminationSpace Hub (IS Hub). The IS Hub – a collective space for science communication\, outreach\, and education housed inside CUNY’s Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC) in West Harlem – provides opportunities for community members\, students\, teachers and researchers to collaborate to address public needs. \nThe project presents a dynamic ecosystem map as a model of emergent civic science\, connecting participants\, partners\, and knowledge holders while elucidating individual and shared value propositions\, describing a scalable\, replicable model for public universities seeking to make STEM more inclusive\, accessible\, and impactful. Included are network maps and data stories reflecting the Hub’s commitment to defining—through an equity and inclusion lens—what constitutes an effective\, engaged civic science ecosystem: one in which all participants\, from community members to academic researchers\, experience both ownership of and benefit from the work. Inclusion in the Pop Up presents an impactful way to demonstrate this model of Public Interest Technology and an invitation to use it to further address public concerns. \nIlluminationSpace Hub Ecosystem Map is presented by Catherine Cramer\, Civic Science Fellow at the CUNY Graduate Center Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC) and UX designer (and Baruch College graduate) Mashya Mumin.
URL:https://nycpitpopup.org/event/illuminationspace-hub-ecosystem-map/
LOCATION:NYC PIT Pop Up at The Oculus\, 185 Greenwich Street\, Shop #LL4345\, Level LL4\, New York\, NY\, 10006\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="CUNY Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC)":MAILTO:ASRCinfo@gc.cuny.edu
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