The Fall 2024 CCAM ISOVIST Gallery show, “[HYPERTEXT](HYPERLINK),” is curated by Alvin Ashiatey (Lecturer, Yale School of Art).

It features work by: Chia Amisola (Yale College, 2022), Amy Fang (Yale School of Art, Graphic Design, 2026), Saskia Globig (Yale School of Art, Graphic Design, 2025), Roxanne Harris (Yale College, 2023), Sewon Roy Kim (Yale School of Architecture, 2023), Cezar Mocan (Yale College, 2016), Emily Velez Nelms (Yale School of Architecture, 2024), and Yumeng Zhu (Yale School of Art, Photography, 2025).

On Sunday, December 15, 2024 and Saturday, January 15, 2025, catch “council motivation jogs,” Saskia Globig’s installation, activated by performances at 2pm, 4pm, and 6pm. The performances are evolving improvised responses to a score made by Saskia in collaboration with the performers: Camille Gwise (Yale School of Art, Graphic Design, ‘26), Emily Chan (Yale Institute of Sacred Music ‘25), Soleil Piverger (Yale College ‘27), and Michael Ipsen (Yale Center for British Art).

About the exhibition:

Hypertext has been a foundational concept in how the web operates, connecting relational pages through hyperlinks to create a constellation of interconnected documents. The term “hypertext” was coined by Theodor Nelson, who described it as “non-sequential writing – text that branches and allows choices to the reader.” This concept is evident in HTML (HyperText Markup Language), the markup language used for creating websites, where the anchor tag links HTML documents together.

However, hypertext isn’t confined to web or digital interfaces alone. In an interview, Octavia Butler described her idea-generation process as akin to hypertext. She often had several unrelated books open around her house, allowing their ideas to interact, mix, and inspire new thoughts. Butler described this process as a primitive form of hypertext.

Through this node of referential threads and connections, this exhibition brings together work by Yale students and alumni—individuals who are creating experimental works on the web, but also practitioners who invoke the “primitive hypertext” within their practice.

Pictured: “council motivation jogs,” photo by Julia Weston

The Yale Center for Collaborative Arts and Media (CCAM) is launching our AI Incubator to drive arts-forward artificial intelligence projects at Yale.

In recent years, CCAM has produced programs, projects, and research that explore the potential of this emerging technology—from community workshops around AI and the arts to an experimental opera about Alan Turing.

The CCAM AI Incubator builds upon this work, and is a complement to the Yale AI Initiative, with support from our industry partners Hewlett-Packard (HP).

For the inaugural round, we will offer two grants of $2,500 each for Yale faculty and staff to develop and present projects at CCAM.

Please click on the link below to learn more and submit your proposal.

Transform your phone into a filmmaking powerhouse. Join us for this introduction to mobile technology for filmmaking. Learn how to shoot and export in 6K, manage audio, and craft brilliant short films and documentaries geared to online and festival audiences.

Designed and taught by Susan Youssef (CCAM Film Advisor)

Create, discover, and explore—and be part of the CCAM community! Our Wednesday Wisdom workshops explore dynamic intersections of the arts and technology, and are designed and taught by our team, along with collaborators from both on and off campus. Come to CCAM on select Wednesday evenings between September and May for creativity, conversation, and a pizza dinner.

Dive into the fascinating realm of Eurorack synthesizers and learn how to transform sound into visual art. Participants will explore the basics of audio synthesis and learn to create dynamic visuals in real time, connecting creativity across mediums. Whether you’re a musician, designer, visual, or performance artist—or simply curious—this workshop offers a unique opportunity to experiment and collaborate at the intersection of the heard and the seen.

Designed and taught by Matthew Suttor (CCAM Program Manager and Senior Lecturer, Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies, Yale College), Ross Wightman (CCAM Technical Manager, Curator, CCAM Sound Art Series, and Lecturer, Yale College), Konrad Kaczmarek (Associate Professor Adjunct, Department of Music, Yale University), and Nontsikelelo Mutiti (Assistant Professor; Director of Graduate Studies in Graduate Design; Yale School of Art)

Create, discover, and explore—and be part of the CCAM community! Our Wednesday Wisdom workshops explore dynamic intersections of the arts and technology, and are designed and taught by our team, along with collaborators from both on and off campus. Come to CCAM on select Wednesday evenings between September and May for creativity, conversation, and a pizza dinner.