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Talk / Atrium · E14, 3rd floor

Beyond Borders: Where Lines Become Bridges

With Halim Lee@alim.db

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A portrait of Halim Lee.
Sunday, November 1, 20262:00–2:30 PM ET
AtriumE14, 3rd floor · MIT Media Lab

This talk explores how creative coding can create spaces for audiences to connect beyond constraints and physical borders, building warm, global communities. Weaving together humor, storytelling, and poetic computation, it presents creative coding as a tool to amplify messages, celebrate the power of positivity, and nurture warm and meaningful human connections.

About the presenter

Halim Lee is a multidisciplinary graphic designer and educator. She received her MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and currently teaches at Boston University. She approaches creative coding as both a pedagogical method and a manifesto-driven tool. By embracing diverse media, from print to digital, she strives to explore new possibilities in graphic design. She weaves humor, storytelling, and poetic computation together, and utilizes this mix to advocate for the power of positivity and brightness.