Telepresence

I was a part of the organizing committee for Telepresence, the yearly exhibition of MFA Design and Technology 1st year students' work for the year. Traditionally an in-person event and a major networking moment in DT students' careers, our class had to reckon with the brand new challenge of reconstructing the experience in the context of COVID quarantine and remote learning. We transformed the event for that year into a three day virtual celebration where students, faculty and guests could come together for discussion panels and code/art/design workshops.

I led the development team for the effort, establishing the tech stack for the website; collaborating with the design team to implement the site design and interactive graphics; setting up the CMS and backend to facilitate core user flows such as student project submission and event registration.