UCSB art 102 - fall 07

 

 

schedule

Tues/Thurs 2:00-3:50pm - eStudio [art 2220]

Digital Media Tool Box: Concepts and Techniques

Instructor: Graham Budgett [office hours: before & after class by appointment]

syllabus

week/day      
1 M introduction    
1 W

presentation 1
information art, conceptual art & systems

reading: Edward Shanken
1- Technology and Conceptual Art
2- The House that Jack Built

 exercise 1 briefing HTML/CSS - web-page structure & styling
[exercise 1]
2 M   exercise 1 classwork  
2 W   exercise 1 viewing Javascript - automating tasks [like writing HTML]
[exercise 2]
3 M research: infoarts exercise 2 classwork  
3 W

presentation 2
installation art & interaction

reading: Casey Reas
Software Structures

exercise 2 viewing @£*!$#! - your language of choice
[exercise 3]
4 M   exercise 3 classwork  
4 W   exercise 3 viewing  
5 M

presentation 3
human-computer interaction

research: algorithmic art

project 1 classwork Processing - visualization & generative code
[project 1]
5 W   project 1 classwork

 
6 M   project 1 classwork
6 W   project 1 viewing motion-tracking with JMyron/Processing
[project 2] [plus Actionscript & Lingo]
7 M   *holiday

project 2: the interfacing of virtual & actual space
7 W presentation 4
the interaction of virtual & physical space

reading: Golan Levin
Computer Vision for Artists & Designers

 project 2 classwork / independent study/ group collaboration
8 M
8 W
9 M
9 W *[the day before Thanksgiving!]
10 M final presentations project 2 viewing FINAL CRIT
10 W final presentations project 2 viewing