Fall 2022

Desert Media Art’s participation in Dubai Design Week was highlighted by local newspapers Al Etihad and Al Khaleej

The Life Meets Life: Interactive Pyramids desert installation was presented at the End of Semester Interactive Media Showcase at New York University Abu Dhabi. The exhibition hosted many people including students, professors, and staff among others who came to engage and interact with the installation and redefine the meaning of Read more…

“Descendant of Desert” is a conceptual wearable device that intends to help humans survive under extreme conditions in deserts. It speculates a future where the earth’s environment has come to the extreme and we human beings have to implement technical means to adapt to the desert-like future environment. We aim Read more…

Interactive Pyramids

A Video Documentation

These are some of the behind the scenes pictures captured by our group on the day of the desert installation. The first picture shows the process of scouting around the designated area and finding a place to put up our installation. The following two pictures shows us filming the scene Read more…

Watching Arth-E do its thing in the desert was a truly satisfying experience and made us feel that the effort we had put in was all worth it. It was fascinating to see our little robot tread over the desert terrain and navigate its path around. We are quite happy Read more…

The Desert Media Art class of 2022 installed their final projects in the desert! We worked out in the dunes for a few hours before and after sunset. Each group installed their project and took some documentation that will be used for online videos and their final installation at the Read more…

We had the opportunity to set up and install our project in the Suweihan Dunes around 1.5 hours away from campus. Since our project does not require much setup, we set off to find the perfect dune. After about 10 minutes of walking around, we settled on a location, buried Read more…