PSAM
5600

Currents

Parsons School of Design: School of Art, Media, and Tech

Non-Liberal Arts
Undergraduate Course
Graduate Course
Degree Students
Currents: Digital Sabotage
Fall 2026
Taught By: Sam Lavigne
Section: A

CRN: 4333

Credits: 3

Sabotage is the practice of reducing productivity as an act of resistance. As more and more aspects of our lives have become mediated by automated, data-driven systems, and the means of production have become increasingly intertwined with personal devices, what new forms of sabotage are possible? This class will explore digital sabotage as an artistic strategy. Students will build projects, tools, and techniques that employ both technical and non-technical interventions in digital systems. These may include obfuscation, slowdowns, network interference, viruses, glitch, gaslighting, self-sabotage, browser extensions, adversarial machine learning, and more! From a technical perspective, the class will cover JavaScript/Node.js, Python and the command line.

Open to: All University graduate students, and undergraduate juniors and seniors. Some seats have been reserved for MFA and BFA Design & Technology students.
Prerequisites: No Prerequisites
Co-Requisites: No Co-requisites

College: Parsons School of Design (PS)

Department: School of Art, Media, and Tech (AMT)

Campus: New York City (GV)

Course Format: Studio (S)

Modality: In-Person

Max Enrollment: 15

Repeat Limit: 8

Add/Drop Deadline: September 8, 2026 (Tuesday)

Online Withdrawal Deadline: November 16, 2026 (Monday)

Seats Available: Yes

Status: Open*

* Status information is updated every few minutes. The status of this course may have changed since the last update. Open seats may have restrictions that will prevent some students from registering. Updated: 10:04pm EDT 3/18/2026

Meeting Info:
Days: Wednesday
Times: 7:00pm - 9:40pm
Building: TBD
Room: TBD
Date Range: 8/26/2026 - 12/14/2026