Public laboratory · field manual · community memory

Learn the tech. Build together. Share what you know.

Art/Tech Hack Nights is a public learning lab for the technologies behind contemporary art—from video and projection to networks, creative code, and community-run infrastructure.

01Learn
02Gather
OutputCommunity memory + capability

The cycle

Learn. Gather. Share.

Each part feeds the next. Useful knowledge becomes events; events produce contributors and documentation; that memory makes the next experiment easier.

01 / learn

Understand the pieces

Tutorials, explainers, diagrams, workflows, tools, and practical tests.

Browse learning →
03 / share

Circulate capability

Teach a skill, show a project, work an event, or improve the shared record.

Find a pathway →

Featured learning

Start with the signal path

A first module for anyone who needs an image or video to move reliably from a file or camera to a screen, stream, or projection system.

Learning module

35–50 minutes

Video & Media Fundamentals

Build a practical mental model of digital video, signal paths, playback, capture, network media, and projection.

  • introductory
  • video projection
  • network media
Start module →
source→software→signal→surface

Every boundary is a place to test.

Browse technologies

Follow a topic—or cross the wires

The first library is intentionally small. These topic families establish where future modules and community knowledge will live.

01

Video + Projection

Pixels, signals, playback, projectors, mapping, and media systems.

  • resolution
  • signal flow
  • projection
Explore topic →
02

Audio + Music

Signal flow, interfaces, control, synchronization, and spatial sound.

  • audio signals
  • MIDI
  • OSC
Explore topic →
03

Network Media

Realtime media, livestreaming, latency, bandwidth, and connection.

  • IP networks
  • NDI
  • WebRTC
Explore topic →
04

Creative Coding

Code as a material for images, systems, performance, and interaction.

  • generative systems
  • shaders
  • tools
Explore topic →
05

Sensors + Physical Computing

Connect bodies, spaces, electronics, and software.

  • inputs
  • microcontrollers
  • protocols
Explore topic →
06

Interactive Installation

Design responsive environments that can survive public use.

  • interaction
  • reliability
  • documentation
Explore topic →
07

XR + Immersive

Coordinate spaces, tracking, spatial media, and shared presence.

  • tracking
  • WebXR
  • spatial audio
Explore topic →
08

AI + Computational Tools

Use computational systems critically and practically in creative work.

  • models
  • workflows
  • stewardship
Explore topic →

Events

Gather for the next experiment

Explore past sessions now. New gatherings will appear here as they are scheduled.

No upcoming dates are published yet.

We’re planning the next round of Art/Tech activity.

Beyond the Platforms

Who owns the spaces where culture gathers?

Explore tools, protocols, and governance questions for cultural infrastructure that communities can understand, operate, shape, and leave.

Enter the field guide

Participation

A community is made of many kinds of contribution

Professional credentials are not the price of entry. Bring a workflow, a question, a project, a pair of hands, or an interest in learning.

Origins and support

From workshop series to shared public resource

Art/Tech Hack Nights began as a workshop series supported by the 2025 Urbana Arts Grant. This site carries that work forward as an independent home for learning, experimentation, events, and shared resources.

Learn about the project →

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