This site is currently in development by Sarah Hakani, Sarah Rothberg, Cy X, Rosalie Yu, and Marina Zurkow.
Design elements by Kay Wasil, WordPress development by Yu Lee and Sahal Ali.
Critical Experiences began as a collaboratively developed course in 2020 for the NYU Interactive Media Arts Low Residency program, combining elements from Marina Zurkow’s research-based art practice course Temporary Expert with Sarah Rothberg’s work on experience design via courses like Immersive Experiences and Hypercinema, and enfolding constraint-based design activities they have developed collaboratively as More&More Unlimited.
The course became part of the core curriculum at both Low Res and eventually the Interactive Media Arts undergrad program, and was further shaped by Sarah Hakani, who streamlined course materials used in class and continues to develop it as the area head at Low Res. Cy X and Rosalie Yu began teaching the course at both programs, and actively contribute to the content of the site.
While Critical Experiences is many different things, we collectively aim for it to be a methodology usable by anyone who wants to make work which considers context and impact. We hope this resource continues to grow and reach anyone who sees creative practice as an impactful force in the world.