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Between 26.6.–1.7.2018 I will be posting my experience as an artist in resident for HIT Helsinki,...

Happy to announce my first residency during my leave of absence from NYU Shanghai! I will be spending the next 6 days creating new work exploring the theme of Empathy at HIT Helsinki’s amazing rehearsal space. Follow the new blog I made for updates:

http://hit.antoni.us/

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Antonius Wiriadjaja, Assistant Arts Professor of NYU Shanghai’s Interactive Media Arts (IMA), has recently received the distinguished Fulbright US Scholar Program award to Indonesia in New Media.

I was selected as a U.S. Fulbright Scholar for the 2018-2019 academic year and will be teaching new media and creative computing at the Indonesian Institute of Arts in Surakarta, Indonesia. I will be taking a leave of absence from NYU Shanghai starting from the Fall of 2018 onwards.

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I will be teaching a workshop at Spotify's NYC HQ on August 5, 2017 at 11 am. The students will showcase their work at 8 pm that night. Come check it out! IMPACT CONFERENCE | August 1-5. 2017 @NYU Music Experience Design for education, health, interactive media and social impact. Soft-circuit Musical Interface Workshop August 5, 2017 @ Spotify HQ | 45 W 18th St, New York, NY 10011 Description: New interfaces for musical expression often rely on conveying new media in an innovative format. Often performers require circuitry on soft, flexible or bendable materials that are not necessarily effective conduits of electronics and electricity. This workshop will explore various methods to incorporate soft circuitry in new musical interface design with tried and tested methods.

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Datang untuk Kembali (Arriving to Return) is a collaboration between artist duo indieguerillas, fashion designer Lulu Lutfi Labibi, and music director Ari Wulu. The performance will be presented in the form of a procession of 20 model-performers, moving along a designated route from the exhibitions block of NTU CCA Singapore, to various locations in Gillman Barracks, and ending outside Mizuma Gallery. This procession mimics Sekaten, a traditional Javanese ceremony commemorating the birthday of prophet Muhammad that was started by Sultan Hamengkubuwono I (1755–1792), in the alun-alun (city square) of Yogyakarta. The main gunungan (mountain)—which is carried around in the procession as a symbol of wealth and prosperity—will be made of a pile of clothing to be picked and worn by the model-performers as they walk along the designated route. These clothes will be from the “_hYp3

I'll be part of this performance in Singapore on January 13, 2017, from 18:30-20:30 pm. At Various locations at Gillman Barracks, starting point: The Exhibition Hall, Block 43 Malan Road.

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My Op-Ed regarding the shooting at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, the deadliest in American history, is now up on Huffington Post.

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NYU Berlin (Summer ‘16) / NYU Shanghai (Fall ‘16 - Spring ‘19)

I'm happy to announce I will be staying with NYU Shanghai’s Interactive Media Arts (IMA) Program as an Assistant Arts Professor for the next three years. This summer, I will also be teaching a 4-credit course on Creative Computing at NYU Berlin.

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A few creatives at Purpose filmed the day I met the barber who saved my life in Brooklyn. They have edited together a short documentary and will be premiering it in New York on February 25, starting at 7:15 pm.

A few creatives at Purpose filmed the day I met the barber who saved my life in Brooklyn. They have edited together a short documentary and will be premiering it in New York on February 25, starting at 7:15 pm.

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Sunday September 20 - One of NYU Shanghai’s five teams, competing with students from other local universities at the 2015 Higher-Ed Makers Exhibition, won first prize for its project, DANCING ORIGAMI. Also, the teams behind the SYNTH and HANABI projects tied for third place. In addition, the student teams got to present all their entries to Ying Yong, Deputy Party Secretary of Shanghai; Zhou Bo, Vice Major of Shanghai; and Yang Jianrong, Party Secretary of Shanghai Association for Science and Technology.

Congratulations to and thank you to all of the NYU Shanghai students for participating in the Shanghai Science Hall STEM Festival Higher-Ed Makers Exhibition last Sunday. Four projects from my section of Interaction Lab and one project from the NYU Shanghai iGEM program spent an entire day explaining their projects to makers young and old. They won top prizes (one for first prize and two teams tied for third), but more importantly introduced the importance of digital media fluency to a whole new generation of makers.

Sunday September 20 - One of NYU Shanghai’s five teams, competing with students from other local universities at the 2015 Higher-Ed Makers Exhibition, won first prize for its project, DANCING ORIGAMI. Also, the teams behind the SYNTH and HANABI projects tied for third place. In addition, the student teams got to present all their entries to Ying Yong, Deputy Party Secretary of Shanghai; Zhou Bo, Vice Major of Shanghai; and Yang Jianrong, Party Secretary of Shanghai Association for Science and Technology.

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Staying at NYU Shanghai

I'm happy to announce I will be staying with NYU Shanghai's Interactive Media Arts (IMA) Program for another academic year. I will be teaching two sections of the prerequisite course, Interaction Lab, in the fall of 2015.

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I had the pleasure of giving a guest workshop on interactive media and new methods of animation to the Institut Seni Indonesia (ISI) Surkarta on April 2, 2015.

ISI Solo is internationally renown for its Karawitan education, and is currently developing new majors which uniquely incorporate its traditional values along with moving forward with the times and adopting new technologies.

It was a short workshop but the students really picked up the material very quickly. I'm really looking forward to seeing what the students come up with.

Just as exciting, the school was wonderful enough to give me a tour of its facilities. I fell in love immediately and would do anything to be a student again so I can study Batik design, Keris forging and other traditional craft.

Thank you to Ibu Peni Candra Rini for introducing me to the Dean of Design, Pak Ranang Agung Sugihartono, and to the rest of the faculty for their kind hospitality during my visit.

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My students and I dressed a block of concrete as dice as response to someone's urban intervention across 世纪大道 （Century Avenue) where a leftover block of concrete was painted like a rubik's cube.

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Before I left for Shanghai, the NYU Tisch Dean's Office asked me to help think of a way to raise the visibility of NYU Tisch Alumni at the Sundance Festival this year. We agreed on giving alumni who first arrive to the NYU Tisch Sundance event beanies that light up when they flip them up.

I created a prototype late November and was given the go-ahead by the new dean of NYU Tisch, Allyson Green (whose husband is an ITP alumnus FYI).

Because of my impending leave for NYU Shanghai, and because I wanted to involve the current NYU students with this project, I handed over the plans and the funds to three very brilliant and talented ITP community members: Resident and ITP alumna Maria Paula Saba, 2nd year student Alina Balean, and 1st year student Edson Soares. They and a team of several bright and shining ITP stars got together and delivered on our promise. We lit up Sundance!

Thank you to the dean’s office, Josh Murray, Andrew Uriarte and Joanna Caporusso Puglisi for giving us this chance to share some ITP love to the rest of the NYU Tisch community. And special thanks to Dan O’Sullivan, the chair of NYU Tisch ITP, for introducing me to them.

Photo credits:

Gif by Jia Wu, modeled by Jia.

Photo by Teresa Lamb

Photo by Josh Murray of the NYU Tisch Dean's Office (including dean Allyson Green).

Thanks to @ITP_NYU students, #mainstreet in #parkcity will be bright. #tischsundance #sundance #nyu #nyutischalumni pic.twitter.com/KjTlOrSnrx

— NYU Tisch School (@NYUTischSchool) January 24, 2015

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I will be joining the NYU Shanghai Interactive Media Arts (IMA) Program as an Assistant Art Professor for the Spring 2015 semester.

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The 15 Most Captivating Photo Essays Of 2014

Fast Company listed my gunsurvivor blog as one of "The 15 Most Captivating Photo Essays of 2014." I'm feeling super flattered.

Take a few minutes to take in some of the most striking photographs we’ve featured on Co.Exist over the last year. Many of the pieces tell us stories about the changes we're seeing across the face of this planet today, from the changing face of America's sprawling suburbs to Italy's brightly-colored beaches that are doomed by climate change to the gritty scenes from the most polluted places in China.

It's not all depressing, though. One man documented his powerful story of survival, taking a picture a day as he recovered from a gun shot wound. Another photographer took us on an inspiring journey inside a summer camp for gender non-conforming boys. And this year, men raised money for testicular cancer by posting risqué pictures on the Internet, so you can always check that out (possibly NSFW, but hopefully you're enjoying the holidays and aren't at work).

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86 Shooting Stars | A 3D Printed Gun Ornament

My 3D printed ornament for the first ever White House 3D Printed Ornament challenge is named 86 Shooting Stars and is dedicated to every American life lost to gun violence.

I 3D printed a christmas ornament in the shape of a gun for the White House 3D Printed Ornament Challenge. Please vote.

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Wish You Were Here | Fall Exhibits

I will be exhibiting two works this September and October in Dumbo.

The official Dumbo Arts Festival hours are Friday Sept 26, 6pm to 9pm, Saturday noon to 9pm, Sunday noon to 6pm. 'First Thursdays' is October 2, 6 - 9 pm.

* Mother's Dream Quilt *

Moms across the United States are creating a series of quilts from donated fabric containing at least one block composed of meaningful fabric from a victim or survivor of gun violence. These mothers share a collective sadness over too many lives shattered by gunfire. Three of the finished quilts will be on display and the festival attendees will be invited to participate by submitting fabric to help complete future ones. Dream of an America free of gun violence. Sept 26 - 28 at the Dumbo Arts Festival, 111 Front Street, Elevator Lobby, Brooklyn NY. - See more at: http://dumboartsfestival.com/art/mothers-dream-quilt/

* Office Hours: Art and Creative Technology *

Resident Researchers from NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program present recent pieces that make creative use of technology. These artists combine programming with sound, video, digital fabrication and physical interaction to create work that explores a diverse variety of concepts, ideas and experiences. 2014 NYU ITP Research Residents are: Ben Light, Crys Moore, Danne Woo, Jihyun Lee, Luisa Pereira, Matt Richardson, Mimi Onuoha, Roopa Vasudevan, Sarah Hallacher, Antonius Wiriadjaja. Sept 26 - 28 at the Dumbo Arts Festival, AND October 2 at the DUMBO First Thursday Gallery Walk, 111 Front Street, Suite 216, Brooklyn NY. - See more at: http://dumboartsfestival.com/art/office-hours-art-and-creative-technology/

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CAGE | 2 Singers

Last weekend, I had the privilege of taking video of the amazingly talented Peni Candrarini and Jessika Kenney at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art.

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