Five student installations — interactive film, live music, data, performance, and AI — made in real partnership with local nonprofit organizations. Come in person or catch the livestream.
What does it mean to build media not just for audiences, but with and for communities? From CRT screens and projected film to AI-driven environments and live music, Live Signal demonstrates what happens when students treat technology as a form of care — and storytelling as a form of accountability. Each installation is built in partnership with a real nonprofit organization and leaves behind a reusable media toolkit for the partner to carry forward.
FAMST 109MN: Media 4 Nonprofits prepares students to design ethical, accessible, and actionable media for real nonprofit contexts. Funded and supported by the Carsey-Wolf Center.
Students move through three phases: Story → Signal → System — from human-centered narrative to reusable media infrastructure.
TouchDesigner, VDMX, DaVinci Resolve, Adobe Premiere — each installation is exhibition-stable and partner-ready with handoff documentation.
Laila Shereen Sakr (VJ Um Amel) — Associate Professor of Media Theory & Practice, Wireframe co-founder, UC Santa Barbara.
Live Signal is made possible through the Carsey-Wolf Center at UC Santa Barbara. Students in FAMST 109MN are screened, selected, and participate in the CWC's internship program, which places them with local nonprofit organizations to produce real, community-facing media work. The Center's commitment to connecting media education with public purpose makes this exhibition possible.