Gallery

DFI gallery logo image
The DFI Gallery was established in June of 2022 with the mission of promoting public scholarship by blending research, media, and art. We invite visitors to explore new ways to connect, imagine, and engage in the immersive experiences designed in this space. 

REMIX

Fall 2026

Over the past five years, the Teachers College Digital Futures Institute has explored the evolving intersections of technology, research, and pedagogy. To mark this milestone, REMIX draws from our living archive to highlight one media project from each year of operation. These pieces have been pulled from their original contexts and reframed through interactive remixes, inviting a new layer of engagement with the scholarship they hold. The work on display is grounded in four areas of inquiry that shape our practice:

 

Digital Pedagogy

Multimodal Scholarship 

The Power of Play 

Tech for Social Good

 

While the gallery had only space for five projects, the sand in the bottle represents the amount of contact points DFI has had with Teachers College and connected communities. Each point of contact is roughly represented by 10 grams of sand.

 

SAND

Beige . . . . . DFI Socials views

Red . . . . . . DFI Youtube views

Purple . . . . Podcast downloads

Orange . . . Gallery Visitors

Green . . . . Teachers Supporting Teachers

Blue  . . . . . DFI Events

 

The DFI Gallery is open

M-TH 9-5pm 

Past Exhibits

DEAD TECH

September-March 2026

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As part of the DEAD TECH exhibit, this "Arithmetic Quiz" machine acts as an example of B. F. Skinner's learning machine. It's an antique toy, shaped like a box, a cartoon illustration of a female teacher instructing 6 students. The words Add, Subtract, Multiply, and Divide sit below simple equations; these are part of the interactive features of the toy/device.

MODES V2

April-June 2025

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children standing in front of a screen with their silhouettes projected on it

Sensory Interruptions

March 2025

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close up of thread and textured paper

Pricks and Pills

February 2025

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pricks and pills logo with headphones projected

Puppets in Education

October-January 2025

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large head of white bearded puppet looking at puppet exhibit

Sandbox

June-September 2024

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light table covered in black sand with drawings and a pair of children's shoes on it

Boundaries of Adventure Playgrounds

March-May 2024

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Photograph of an exhibit showing a three paper dissertation about adventure playgrounds. there are circle tables with researcher drawings, film, books, and projected images of the playgrounds on the white fabric walls.

Playing With Form

November - February 2024

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drone image of a gallery with wooden table grass and wooden frames

MODES

June-October 2023

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double exposed photo of two the back of two people sitting on a hill in the fog

Undfolding

May 2023

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hands unfolding an artbook that is very blurred in the picture

Gestures

January - February 2023

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white silhouettes of two groups of people superimposed like shadows on a wall

Freedom Dreaming for Educational Justice

October - November 2022

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sculpture of three hands different shades, holding a globe, in a fist, and holding a dove with other blurred art dangling in the background

Crossings

June - September 2022

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sculptures grown from mushrooms and mycelium in front of circular projected video of hands

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