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CLASS KIT CONTENTS

This schedule is subject to modification. Activities are subject to change based on the progression of the course.
No due dates / readings / homework will be changed without prior notification in class.

SCHEDULE

IN CLASS WORK

HOMEWORK

WEEK 1

Course Overview

Jan 14
  • Introduction & In-Class Goals:
     Say hello and check-in
     Introduce ourselves & Share link to student info form (please fill out ttoday)
     Review syllabus and schedule
     Set course expectations
     Introduce homework materials
     Short survey of New Media Art genres

  • Download and install Processing to your laptop

  • Watch + Complete: Hello Processing by Daniel Shiffman
    An introduction to Processing and Code
  • Come prepared to discuss the videos and your completed tutorial
  • Student Info Form: this form must be filled out and submitted by 11pm the night before our next class

    • BRING YOUR LAPTOP TO CLASS ON THURSDAY

     

    Jan 16

    • Watch Daniel Shiffman ‘Learning Processing’ Tutorials 

    • CODING Sketch #1:
      Self Portrait
      - DUE JANUARY 21 (next class)
      - Find a selfie or take one. Create an interpretation of it using 2D shapes in Processing You can try to be accurate, or create an interesting abstraction based on the image. The sketch does not need to be interactive. It can just be a static image.

    • Need some inspiration?

      Bonus for using more advanced 2D primitives -- quads, arcs, and I encourage you to lookup how to use Vertexes!

    WEEK 2

    Intro to Processing

    Jan 21

      Jan 23
      • Work on: Assignment 1 - Come in next class with troubleshooting questions!

      • Watch:

      • Add to your composition: Start with your composition of at least three different shapes and three different fills, strokes and stroke weight values (one for each shape). Now ADD: at least one variable and one conditional.

      WEEK 3

      Processing Continued

      Jan 28

       

      Jan 30

       


      WEEK 4

      Basic Electronics 1.0
      Feb 4
      • Required Reading - Due next class: What is a Circuit?

      • Complete simple paper circuit with 1 LED and bring it to next class. A HOW TO GUIDE is here: MakerCamp Paper Circuits

      • BLOG POST: Having read the Form+Code-Hello article, Describe a software that changed the way that you think, see, or understand the world. (Yes, this can include games.) Describe how this changed your perceptions. POST this 1-2 paragraph narrative to the Blog and include images and links to the software you are referencing.

      Feb 6

      WEEK 5

      Creative Switch and Analog Electronics
      Feb 11

      Feb 13
      • Work on Creative Switch: Creative Switch I

      • Remember to document the 'making of' your creative switch(es) for the instructable portion of the assignment!!!

      WEEK 6

      Arduino: basic sensing + output
      Feb 18
      • IN CLASS WORK TIME for Creative Switch & Individual Meetings - Individual Meetings on Projects

      • Methods + techniques for rugged fabrication:
        • YES TO: hot glue, silicone glue, elmers glue (in small amounts), heat shrink, wire nuts, nuts and bolts
        • NO TO: duct tape, scotch tape, blue tape, masking tape, crazy glue (most of the time), and electrical tape (not for securing connections!)

      • Explore: Odd conductive building materials including conductive thread, ink, and playdoh/ puddies, zippers, LED stickers, and spring wire, etc

      • Demo: Make a pressure switch with Velostat

      • Resource Links
      • Artist Links - Contraptions + Kinetic New Media Work


      • Start posting to Blog: Documentation of your creative switch construction in the format of an Instructables project: include pictures (and/ or video) plus written descriptions of all the materials and construction steps, start to finish. See homework page for full specs.

      • Bring your cameras to document your work+ others using it during/after crits

      Feb 20

      WEEK 7

      Continued Building with Arduino & Electronic Circuits
      Feb 25

      • Review: ARTIST PRESENTATION LIST
        SIGN UP with your selection asap by EMAILING THE instructor with your top two artist choices for the Presentation by the Monday evening before next class

      Feb 27
      • EMAIL to instructor: One paragraph description + an image of the artist/ designer/ collaborative you have chosen for your Artist Presentation
      • Begin Work on: Artist Presentation Assignment

      WEEK 8

      Programming
      Mar 4

      Mar 6
      • Email instructor with 2 (or 3) project proposals by the start of next class. Each proposal should be at least one substantial paragraph in length. Be as specific as you can in your descriptions. The instructor will email feedback on the viability and technical suggestions for each of the proposals

      WEEK 9

      Arduino: Sensors --- Detecting Movement, Light, Motion, Vibration, Sound
      Mar 11
      • ARTIST PRESENTATIONS CONTINUED

      • DISCUSSION: OF READING cont'd

      Mar 13
      • Work on: Interaction Assignment

      • Complete: your Analog Sensor input to translated (mapped) output

      WEEK 10

      Project Work
      Mar 18
      • POST TO BLOG: FIll in and Post this FORM with an updated description of your Interactive assignment project proposal. Fill in all parts of the form and cut and paste your answers into the blog post.
      • Include Parts list in the 'Resources section' of the form with direct links to where the parts will be purchased. Double check on shipping time frames.
      • If you are using your own materials from home, then you do not need to supply links, but do supply a clear description.

      Mar 20

      • WORK IN CLASS & Individual Meetings

      • Catch up on CPX Analog to Digital coding
      • SCHEDULE FRIDAY WORK SESSION?
      • Work on Interactive Assignment

      • Bring all your materials to the next class meeting and BE PREPARED TO WORK ON YOUR PROJECTS!!! Even if all your supplies are not yet in, you can and must work on the circuit, the programming, or the body/ sculptural aspects of your project.

      • DUE: Make an account on Thingiverse (it's free). Email two 3d models that you would like to mash up. Make sure they are .stl files. This is due evening before the next class - ie, sunday evening.

      • Your first round of code is DUE NEXT CLASS (whether it works or not).
        It's important that you first try to put the code together on your own!
      • DUE NEXT CLASS: Interactive Assignment

      Week 11

      MARCH 24-28 SPRING BREAK followed by Interactive Project Critiques

      Apr 1

      • IN CLASS CRITIQUES - INTERACTIVE ASSIGNMENT DUE TODAY

      Apr 3

       
      • Post to Blog: Online Research: Find two artworks or design projects that would fit the parameters of two of the six design principles (as laid out in Fuad-Lake's Slow Design Principles). Describe the works, include images, and discuss how each of the projects fits the principles as well as what impresses you about them. This part of your blog should be at least two paragraphs long.
        Next, conceptualize a 'fantasy' project of your own that is oriented around and inspired by at least 2 of the 6 slow design principles. Describe the project + include sketches in your post. This portion of your blog entry should constitute an additional 2-3 WELL WRITTEN, WELL CONSTRUCTED paragraphs in length.

      WEEK 12

      CRITIQUE

      Apr 8
      • Final Project proposals due Monday next week

      Apr 10

       
      • Reading Discussion/ Slideshow: Slowdesign
      • Demos: Arduino to Processing Communication
      • Post to Blog: three questions that you want to get feedback on. The questions may address conceptual, material, or technical choices / challenges.

      • Suggested reading by Critical Art Ensemble

      WEEK 13

      Final Project Work

      Apr 15
      • Intro to the Fast LED Library
      • Ever-Burning Flame Painting - example - nice flame animation as well - which could be repurposed with different colors
        (You’ll need to download the Library in the Arduino App, go to the menu: Sketch -> Include Library -> Manage Libraries Type in FastLED, and download)

      • Demos: Arduino to Processing Communication

      • Individual meetings On Final Projects

      • Work in Class
      • Work On: Final project

      Apr 17
      • Work On Final Project

      WEEK 14

      Final Project Work
      Apr 22
      • Speed Critique of Works in Progress

      • Individual Meetings

      Apr 24
      • Workday
      • Work On: Final Installation

      WEEK 15

      Final Presentations
      Apr 29
      • Final Project Presentations
      • Due: Final Presentation
      May 1
      • Final Project Presentations