Come experience the work of 19 trailblazing experience designers from around the world. The third cohort of the Experience Design Certificate Program has spent the past year reimagining death rituals, community action, creative processes, reproductive justice, and responses to climate catastrophe. These unique interactive projects span 1-on-1 performance, collaborative cooking games, portraiture experiences, and interactive installation. Each piece is an invitation to cross the threshold into a new way of experiencing the world.
Led by Odyssey Works, the internationally-acclaimed group which has expanded the notion of experience design and famously made performances for an audience of one for more than two decades, the artists and designers of The New Frame will invite you to rethink the possibilities of design.
Featuring work by: Natalie Whelan ● Kori Martodam ● Jackie Moy ● Marc Chun ● Christian Howard ● Bonnie Gregory ● Sparks ● Karmisha Reeb ● Tara Odorizzi ● Simon Lyshon ● Zainab Azhar ● Steven Boudreau ● Smadar Krampf ● Joel Grinke ● Chris Sallquist ● Letícia Schuelter de Lima ● Rodrigo Correia ● Sara Behbakht ● Joni Chan
Please plan to arrive fifteen minutes prior to your first scheduled experience to check in. Many of these experiences have limited capacities which you can learn more about and reserve by signing up for Sched. Please select two experiences to register for at this point on Sched. You will be able to sign up for more experiences upon arrival.
All guests are welcome to attend a talk on retreat design from 2:00 - 2:30pm and a cocktail reception from 5-6 pm. Sessions will take place in both 301 and 305 Ten Eyck Street. Please check your schedule to find the location of each session.
You’re invited to step inside a moment of wonder, to linger in uncertainty and dance with possibility. In this assembly, nothing is what you expect. This experience will ask you to be vulnerable with strangers, bold with your imagining and playful in your pursuit. But if you can accept these risks and wander curiously into the unknown together, change is possible.
Each assembly has space for 5 participants and will last approximately 40 minutes. To claim your spot in one of the six assemblies, you must forage your hidden mushroom invitation at The New Frame on the day of the event.
Every choice we make pushes a narrative forward. Every time we choose what’s expected of us, we push forward the narrative of our default world. We agree to continue playing the game. Today, I’m choosing to push forward another narrative. One that takes this 75-word allotment... Read More →
Sunday November 24, 2024 11:00am - 5:00pm EST
Chemistry Creative - 301301 Ten Eyck St, Brooklyn, NY 11206, USA
The talk Togetherness through Design will cover Travessia (Threshold)—not a retreat, not a program, but an immersion built on 16 principles of deep collaborative engagement across four pillars—relation, transcendence, sense and meaning, and self-actualization—this methodology is the result of a decade-long collaborative labor of love. Travessia confronts the isolation bred by individualism, passivity, and consumerism, reawakening us to what truly matters. Set on a bucolic island in southern Brazil, this 60-hour immersive experience invited participants to reconnect with themselves and others in a space that evokes a sense of home, fostering playful exploration and intimacy-building. In a society that has lost its rituals, Travessia creates a collective space to honor life’s transformations and invites participants to pause, reflect, and establish essential rites of passage for their journey ahead.
Letícia Schuelter is a community and experience designer focused on togetherness, crafting and managing communities both online and offline. She designs and facilitates learning journeys and immersive experiences where collaboration and connection thrive. With a background in participatory... Read More →
Sunday November 24, 2024 1:30pm - 2:00pm EST
Chemistry Creative - 301301 Ten Eyck St, Brooklyn, NY 11206, USA
The Unfolding transforms how we see ourselves—both literally and metaphorically. In this collaborative, one-on-one portrait session, the image becomes the starting point for a deeper exploration of identity. Through meaningful conversation and photography, the portrait is physically manipulated—folded, warped, and reshaped by hand. Inspired by wabi-sabi, the Japanese philosophy of finding beauty in imperfection, the process creates something unexpected from the familiar. Each session culminates in a museum-quality fine art print, co-signed by both the participant and the artist—a lasting record of this shared journey into the otherwise invisible.
Chris Sallquist warps, distorts, and disrupts the familiar. Based in Seattle, he blends digital and physical manipulation using an iPhone and his hands to peel back the layers of everyday images, revealing the strange within the ordinary. His art isn’t for passive viewers—it’s... Read More →
Sunday November 24, 2024 2:00pm - 2:15pm EST
Chemistry Creative - 301301 Ten Eyck St, Brooklyn, NY 11206, USA
Joel is ready to show you the greatest thing he has ever made. The thing that expresses everything he is as an artist. He assures you it will be 100% ready by the time you see it.
"Not Ready" is an experience about ambition, the desire to be seen, and the joy of failure where you can make a real impact on the creator by simply offering whatever help you can.
Please note that this experience will last through the durration of the New Frame as you participate in other experiences. This experience requires a phone that is able to send and recieve text messages. Plan to stay at the event until 5:30pm to fully experience this piece.
Joel is a writer, director, and designer working to make the world we live in a more magical place. Using a blend of theatrical artistry, creative imagination, and technological ingenuity, he crafts moments of wonder. Past projects have ranged from escape rooms that teach twelve year... Read More →
Sunday November 24, 2024 2:15pm - 2:30pm EST
Chemistry Creative - 301301 Ten Eyck St, Brooklyn, NY 11206, USA
Joel is ready to show you the greatest thing he has ever made. The thing that expresses everything he is as an artist. He assures you it will be 100% ready by the time you see it.
"Not Ready" is an experience about ambition, the desire to be seen, and the joy of failure where you can make a real impact on the creator by simply offering whatever help you can.
Please note that this experience will last through the durration of the New Frame as you participate in other experiences. This experience requires a phone that is able to send and recieve text messages. Plan to stay at the event until 5:30pm to fully experience this piece.
Joel is a writer, director, and designer working to make the world we live in a more magical place. Using a blend of theatrical artistry, creative imagination, and technological ingenuity, he crafts moments of wonder. Past projects have ranged from escape rooms that teach twelve year... Read More →
Sunday November 24, 2024 4:45pm - 5:00pm EST
Chemistry Creative - 301301 Ten Eyck St, Brooklyn, NY 11206, USA
