Node Center for Curatorial Studies
Duration: Jan 08 – Feb 05, 2026
Fee: 189€
Maximum seats: 32
Enroll before: Jan 04, 2026
Live sessions: 2 hrs/week
Exhibition visitors today want more than just to look; they seek experiences where they can feel, hear, move, and even play. New technologies are expanding what’s possible in exhibition design, making immersive and multi-sensory formats more accessible than ever. Yet with so many tools and approaches available, it can be hard to know where to begin.
This course focuses on how to create immersive experiences that engage all the senses. Over five weeks, you will learn to apply interactive exhibition design techniques step-by-step. Along the way, we will survey emerging technologies to find innovative ways to invite visitor connection.
The course covers how to:
- Map the visitor journey and craft emotional arcs
- Apply key design strategies, from sound and lighting to spatial storytelling and digital tools
- Prototype immersive concepts
- Meaningfully use emerging technologies (e.g. sensors, AR/VR, and projection mapping) for different exhibition goals, audiences, and contexts.
- Work with an Immersion Toolkit to enhance interactivity, engagement, and visitor participation.
Through inspiring cases, best practices, and ongoing in-class discussions, you will learn to transform an idea into a sensory-rich and interactive experience. By the end of the course, you will put theory into practice by developing your own immersive exhibition concept.
This course is ideal for curators, creative producers, exhibition designers, and anyone involved in producing exhibitions who want to work with new technologies. Previous experience in art production, curating, or exhibition design is helpful but not required.
Image Credits: Refik Anadol, Machine Hallucinations NYC, 2019
