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Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design

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ACCAD is a collaborative think space, a place to make, create, imagine and above all connect. We conduct research centered on the use and integration of emerging arts technologies.

Upcoming Events

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Tue, November 10, 2026

Performance and Technology: An interactive conversation, book launch, and reception

5:00 pm
Wexner Center for the Arts Performance Space

Recent News

Promotional graphic for Chris Coleman’s presentation at the New Media Caucus Symposium (Restoration / Regeneration), March 6–8, 2026, at Arizona State University. The image shows 3D landscape cross-sections alongside event details and branding.

August 26, 2026

2026 New Media Caucus Symposium: Research, Tools, and Institutional Legacy

By Colleen McCulla

ACCAD served as an institutional sponsor for the 2026 New Media Caucus (NMC) Symposium, Restoration / Regeneration, held at Arizona State University's MIX Center. As an international,…

Matte painting of stratified geological layers showing varied textures of mud, clay, and fossilized remains from the Paleozoic to Cenozoic eras.

February 27, 2026

The Texture of Time: Yeoleum Choi’s Layers In History

By Colleen McCulla

History is rarely a single, clean narrative; it is a dense, shifting accumulation of artifacts and memories. In Layers In History, Yeoleum Choi, a second-year MFA student in the…

A group of approximately twenty people stand in a museum gallery with dark teal walls. They are attentively listening to a curator in a blue shirt who is speaking and gesturing. Behind the group, wall text reads "CODED NATURE," and several large, bright digital art screens display colorful, abstract floral imagery.

December 1, 2025

ACCAD Explores Algorithms in Toledo

It’s not every day that you get to trace the history of generative art, rave to live-coded algorithms, and celebrate the legacy of ACCAD’s founder all in one afternoon. But that’s exactly what 25…