Schedule
Week 1 – Jan 21
Unit One: The Shape of Time
Introduction to course, students, instructor
Expectations, syllabus
In-class exercise #1 – Drawing time and collage
Objectives: understanding composition – contrast, scale, repetition, directionality, color
Homework: Assignment #1 – Due Jan 28 – Make a collage about time
Week 2 – Jan 28
Collage to montage
Presentation + discussion of assignment #1
Brief discussion: new modes of artistic production in the age of information density and networks
Introduction to Media Lab and equipment checkout
In-class exercise #2 – Motion, loops and copies
Homework: Assignment #2 – Due Feb 4 – Stop-Motion Time
Week 3 – Feb 4
Process + sound
Review of Stop-Motion time videos
Homework: Assignment #3 – Due Feb 11 – Sound
Week 4 – Feb 11
Review of Sound projects
Instructor and peer review
Assignment: Two one-minute experimental videos
Week 5 – Feb 18
Experimental Video
Introduction to Experimental Video
In-class exercise #3 – collaboration
Assignment: Refer, Reflect, Remake
Week 6 – Feb 25
In-class exercise #4 – Project exchange
Week 7 – Mar 4
Review of Experimental Video
Week 8 – Mar 11
Unit Two: Interaction
Introduction to Interactive art
Processing Lesson #1
Assignment: Self-portrait in Processing
Week 9 – Mar 18
Review of self-portraits
Processing Lesson #2
Assignment: Due April 8 – Translate it!
Week 10 – Mar 25
Spring Break
Week 11 – Apr 1
Classes and Objects
In-class exercise: Processing Work – Understanding object oriented programming and interaction
Week 12 – Apr 8
Review of Interactive projects
Assignment: Due Apr 15 – Final Project proposal
Week 13 – Apr 15
Unit Three: Public Space
In class work: field research and planning
Week 14 Apr 22
Physical Computing
Wiimote and Phidget Workshop
Week 15 - Apr 29
Individual Meetings
Week 16 – May 6
Final Review with guest reviewer