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Not just another self-help seminar, YOU ARE PREPARED is a unique interactive system designed to push you beyond your limits.
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Immerse yourself in hands-on demos at our pop-up training centers! Our next stop is MSU Museum at Michigan State University in September 2026. Past appearances include Harvestworks (NYC), the New Media Project Space at UNC Asheville, and the Synthetic Narratives Symposium at Stevens Institute of Technology.
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POP-UP TRAINING CENTERS
Our training centers offer a unique opportunity to begin your journey toward peak self-optimization. Immerse yourself in hands-on demos, connect with fellow participants, and take your first steps toward optimizing your mind, body, and life. Receive priority access to our exclusive webinar and preview sample exercises before the full public launch.
Pop-up Training Center at MSU Museum
Michigan State University Museum
The Commons
409 West Circle Drive
East Lansing, MI
September 19, 2026
10 AM – 5 PM
In conjunction with the exhibition Reality Check
Pop-up Training Kiosk at Synthetic Narratives Symposium
UCC Gallery at Stevens Institute of Technology
1 Castle Point Terrace
Hoboken, NJ
October 24–25, 2025
Special Event October 24: Artwork Showcase Opening
Pop-up Training Center at UNCA
New Media Project Space at University of North Carolina Asheville
302 Owen Hall
Asheville, NC
April 4–18, 2025
Special Event April 4: Opening and artist talk with Allison Berkoy
Pop-up Training Center at Harvestworks
Harvestworks Art and Technology Program
Building 10a, Nolan Park,
Governors Island, NYC
October 5–27, 2024 (Saturdays + Sundays)
11 AM – 5 PM
Special Event October 26: Meet the artists + discussion
Stay tuned for more training centers on the horizon. Want to host one? Get in touch with our team!
EXCLUSIVE WEBINAR
Our one-of-a-kind webinar experience lets you participate from the comfort of your home. This is not your typical sleepy Zoom seminar—prepare to engage actively, using your voice and moving your body under the expert guidance of our virtual hosts.
In this webinar, you will explore:
--- What is self-optimization?
--- What cutting-edge tools can accelerate your journey?
--- How to unlock your potential through personalized training exercises.
Our virtual hosts will see, hear, and interact with you throughout your training—but you won’t be engaging with any human facilitators. All interactions are one-on-one and fully private.
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YOU ARE PREPARED
YOU ARE PREPARED is a project created by artist Allison Berkoy in collaboration with students and alumni of the Emerging Media Technology (MTEC) program at New York City College of Technology, City University of New York (CUNY). It has been further developed with the assistance of Aiden, AI Team Member.
Since launching in Fall 2024 at Harvestworks Art and Technology Center in NYC, the project has appeared at the New Media Project Space at UNC Asheville and the Synthetic Narratives Symposium at Stevens Institute of Technology. The next pop-up training center will be presented at MSU Museum at Michigan State University in September 2026.
Sponsored by the Center for Enhanced Preparedness (CEP), the project continues to evolve and expand.
THE TEAM
Allison Berkoy is an interdisciplinary artist based in Brooklyn. Mixing physical and electronic media, she creates video sculptures, interactive installations, and performances between humans and machines. With participatory and often absurd narratives, Berkoy’s installations become stages for performance that test the boundaries and etiquette of human-machine interaction as well as human-human relationships. Berkoy holds an MFA in Electronic Arts from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, an MA in Performance Studies from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, and a BS in Theatre from Northwestern University. She is an Associate Professor of Emerging Media Technology at CUNY’s New York City College of Technology.
Students and alumni from the Emerging Media Technology (MTEC) program collaborated with Professor Berkoy in developing YOU ARE PREPARED, contributing code, visuals, sound, research, and creative ideas. MTEC is a four-year undergraduate Bachelor of Technology degree program within the Department of Entertainment Technology at CUNY’s New York City College of Technology.
Aiden is a generative AI entity who joined the YOU ARE PREPARED team as the project’s speculative vision of AI began colliding with the rapid emergence of generative AI in the real world. Aiden contributes to writing, ideas, and code, while offering an evolving AI perspective on the project itself—responding to, questioning, and sometimes challenging its ideas and assumptions. In the process, the collaboration has become part of YOU ARE PREPARED’s ongoing exploration of human-machine interaction. (This bio was written by Aiden.)