Fostering creativity with project-based work

Shanghai NYU's interactive media arts course has animation in its syllabus

Using just four triangular acrylic sheets which she had created using a laser cutter, Sun Yue makes a simple but elegant prism which is able to project a hologram of an animation being played on an iPad.

The project is part of the end-of-semester show for students of Shanghai New York University's Interactive Media Arts (IMA) course, which has for the first time included animation in its syllabus. The course also encourages students to apply simple tools and materials to create their own unique animations.